Alex Mayr takes over the Bachelor Singer/Songwriter

“I am very pleased to hand over the Department of Singer/Songwriter Pop Music Design B.A. to Popakademie alumna Alex Mayr after more than 20 years. It's great that we were able to win Alex for this task, I wish her all the best! I have been working as an artistic/technical advisor and project supervisor since the Popakademie was founded and am now concentrating on my tasks at the Singer/Songwriter Department in the Master's program and as head of the Popular Music Master's program,” says Prof. Annette Marquard, head of the Popular Music M.A. program.

“I feel honored to be able to take on this task. It is versatile, exciting and simply different from writing albums and going on tour - and therefore a perfect complement to my life as a musician. Empowering and picking up young people is very fulfilling and I know that I will learn a lot from them myself and that this work will be inspiring for my own artistic work. I'm very excited and really looking forward to all the colorful minds and the many songs I'll be able to hear in the future,” says Alex Mayr, artistic/technical advisor and project manager for the Singer/Songwriter Department.

Alex Mayr (*1985 in Achim) lives and works in Mannheim. She has been on stage since she was 3 years old. Theater tours have taken her through North Africa, Turkey and Hungary since childhood. In 2007, she first completed the pop course in Hamburg and then moved to Mannheim to study pop music design, which she successfully completed in 2010.
With her main project ALEX MAYR, in which she is singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist, she regularly tours Germany together with her drummer and creative partner Konrad Henkelüdeke and her bassist Sebastian Brödner. In 2015 she released her first EP “GUT GEGEN BÖSE”, in 2020 she released her debut album “WANN FANGEN WIR AN?” and the following year her second album “PARK” was released. Alex Mayr writes, writes lyrics and produces her music and makes her own videos. She plays the piano, guitar, synths and strings herself on the albums. In the first lockdown, she writes the music for the German film “Wir können nicht anders” by Detlev Buck together with Konstantin Gropper, who is also her co-producer. In 2022, together with two colleagues, she composed the music for the ARD documentary “Siehst du mich?” and in 2023, again in collaboration with Gropper, she composed the music for the series PAULINE (Disney +/ btf), which has been on Disney+ since May 2024.
Alex has already been a guest on Inas Nacht, sings in Konstantin Gropper's band “Get Well Soon” and can be heard on albums by Get Well Soon, Casper, Dagobert and other artists.

Julia “Jules” Nagele, known as listentojules, is a singer, songwriter, activist and guitarist from Munich/Mannheim. Inspired by a year in the USA, Jules began her musical journey, studying jazz singing in Mannheim and completing her master's degree as a performing artist at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. listentojules now tours internationally and delights audiences with her indie soul-infused sound. As part of Music Declares Emergency, she is committed to climate justice, which can be seen in her environmentally friendly production processes, her merchandising, to the involvement of fans to promote rainforest protection. Through her music and activism, Jules strives to inspire change and raise awareness of pressing environmental issues.

Peter Lagoda is a musician and producer. He studied music and media (guitar and piano) and musicology there. Peter has been running his own Dolby-certified Atmos recording studio since 2015 and helps artists with songwriting and production. He has played over 600 concerts with his own bands and accompanies many more as a sound engineer. With practical and theoretical training, as well as experience as an artist on stage or behind the scenes, Peter Lagoda knows how to work with artists as a producer to understand how to move the musical vision forward together. The list of collaborations includes artists such as: Kyle Gass (Tenacious D), Province, Sascha, Jupiter Jones, The Protomen, Eric Steckel and many more artists in the indie sector, as well as brands such as Warner Bros. Antelope Audio, Eve Audio and many more.

Prof. Annette Marquard is head of the Popular Music M.A. program and is artistic/technical advisor and project supervisor at the Popakademie in the field of singing/songwriting in the Popular Music Master's program. In addition to her studies, she completed a vocal training at the conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. She came to writing lyrics and songs through many theater productions in the Rhine-Main area. In addition to her three published albums with her ensembles, she has numerous engagements as a singer and singer/songwriter.