Musical Career Joachim Dölker

Born in Osnabrück in 1962
Classical piano lessons 1967-1975
Drumming and percussion lesson from 1973 on
After I quit my law studies in 1984, I started a career as a professional musician and composer
In 1985 I won a rock award for the county of lower Saxony with the funk-rock band ‘Uncle Jam’
In 1986 I won a Sponsorship award at the ‘Jazzpodium Niedersachsen’, with the group ‘Bourbon’
1986-1988 I played in a band on behalf of and funded by the German Federal Employment Agency, nation wide and on television on several occasions on different channels (NDR,RTL,SAT1 and many more)

1988-2010 work as a teacher for drumming, percussion and ensemble performance at the Kreismusikschule Osnabrück e.V. (music school for the county of Osnabrück)
1989 internship and training in the field of ‘early musical education for children’, in the ‘Städtische Musikschule’ (local music school) in the city of Rheine
From 1989 on I worked for the LAG- Rock Niedersachsen as a workshop leader for drumming, percussion and ensemble music in the subject area ‘Pop-music’
1991 foundation of the Percussion Trio ‘Exhausted Groove Orchestra’ (EGO)
1995 and 1999 I received international Kleinkunstpreise (art awards) for unconventional compositions, shows and choreographies
1994-1998 numerous gigs with EGO on television e.g. on tv-shows like Jürgen v.d. Lippe (ARD), Götz Alsmann (NDR), Disney-Club (ARD) Up`n Swutsch (N3 Radio Bremen) etc.
1996 – 2000 Europe wide gigs at festivals i.a. with Sheila E (PRINCE), Jonathan Moffet (MADONNA, MICHAEL JACKSON), Louis Conte (PHIL COLLINS, SANTANA),Terry Bozzio (ZAPPA, STEVE VAI), Simon Phillips (TOTO, THE WHO) and many more.
From 1994 on endorser for Pearl-Drums and Sabian-Cymbals

Tours and Concerts with Supercharge, Phönix, Dieter Bohlen, Tommy Schneller Extravaganza, Sinister Vision, Backslash, and many more.
Since 1993 many gigs as Performance artist at art- events and vernissages
Composition and Conception of Performance shows on request of Mercedes, Zeppelin Baumaschinen, Krone-Trailer, MAN, Deutsche Bank and many more
Since 1990 Studio CD recordings with several different musician, i.a. on request of Peter Finger’s ACOUSTIC-MUSIC-RECORD-LABELS
1998 and 2000 I was invited to and took part in international conventions for music teachers at the music college in cologne, where I also presented my own teaching programme ‘"Groove it all up-Rhythmus training mit Biss". (“Groove it all up – the witty and cunning rhythm training”)
From 1999 to 2016 I gave numerous workshops,
seminars and trainings for teachers
In 2003 the percussion walk-act ‘GO!’ was founded
and since then performed a great number of Shows

2001-2003 as a session musician for percussion on world tour with the rock band `THE SCORPIONS` (gigs in Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Greece, France, Portugal, Russia)
2006 on tour in England and Scotland, as session drummer for Snowy White (Guitarist from Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Thin Lizzy)
2006 rhythm workshop at the primary school in Bad Essen (40 Children, grade 2-4) and participation in the national competition “Kinder zum Olymp”
2007-2014 lectureship for Rhythm ‘n Groove at the music college in Osnabrück

2011 formation of the percussion-performance group “Groove Onkels feat. Tante” (the groove uncles and their auntie), with seven drum students
2012 invitation to the German TV-talent shows ‘DAS SUPERTALENT’ on RTL- TV. The Uncles’ wheelie-bin percussion show, called ‘Gelber Sack’ was aired on October 2012.

2012-2016 the Groove Uncles performed about 250 times, mostly on request of major companies, at events, conventions and street art festivals.

On the second august 2015 Jo performed live with the GROOVE ONKELS at the "ZDF Fernsehgarten" on German TV!
In September 2015 Karl Pilkington from british TV-chanel Sky1 visited the GROOVE ONKELS in there hometown Osnabrück in Germany to shoot a film of their trash performance. In November this performance was shown in the TV serial
"The moaning of Life" on Sky1 TV.

2015 (August-October)
Six weeks concert-tour all over China
as the drummer of uygur Rock singer and guitarist
Perhat Khaliq with the
"Morgenland Allstar Band"

Concerts in:
Beijing, Shanghai,
ShenZhen, Wuhan,
Nanjin, Hefei,
Wen Zhou, Chang Zhou,
Dalian, Zheng Zouh,
Jiaxing, Hoh Hot,
Tai Yuan, Chong Qing,
Cheng Du, Shen Zhen,
Hui Zhou, Dong Guan.....
2015 October 1st:
Live TV-Show at the
"The Voice of China Festival"
Open Air in Shanghai
with Perhat Khaliq`s Qetiq

2016, 23rd-25th of june:
two concerts plus one workshop in the
Victoria Theatre Singapore as a part of the International Festival of Modern Arts O.P.E.N. in Singapore
with Perhat Khaliq`s Qetiq.

2016, August 26th,
live-show with Perhat Khaliq & Qetiq
at Chao Yang Fun Music Festival,
Beijing, China
2016, 28th and 31st of December,
two concerts with Perhat Khaliq & Qetiq in Urumchi and Karamay,
Xingjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

2017, February 23rd to 25th,
7 shows and one interactive workshop within the festival "Spring of Culture", Manama, Bahrain,
with the Groove Onkels

2017, 28th of June to 6th of July
9 shows within the
Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo
at the Scotiabank Centre, Halifax, Canada
in front of about 7000 people in the audience every day!

2017, 15th - 17th of September, 10 shows at the 2017 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX!

In October 2017 the Groove Onkels performed 4 Shows for Volvo Construction Mashines within the event "VOLVO ON TOUR" at the company SWECON Baumaschinen GmbH in Monheim, Germany!