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'''MEMO''' ('''Musical-Ensemble München Ost e. V.''') is an amateur [[wikipedia:Musical theatre|musical theatre]] ensemble based in [[wikipedia:Haar, Bavaria|Haar]] in the east of [[wikipedia:Munich|Munich]], Bavaria, Germany.<ref name="impressum" /> The ensemble develops its own musicals and musical song evenings and donates any income above its production costs to charitable causes.<ref name="home" />

== History ==
The idea for the ensemble arose in summer 2013 at a concert of a singing studio in which five students linked duets and solos on the theme ''Liebende Frauen – Leidende Männer'' with self-written scenes into a continuous story. Planning for a full musical began at the end of 2013, and with the youth choir ''choir's crossing'' of the music school of the Zweckverband Kommunale Bildung in [[wikipedia:Ebersberg|Ebersberg]], the group's first self-written musical premiered in February 2015 in the Alter Speicher in Ebersberg. The association was then founded to give the project team a formal structure.<ref name="verein" />

== Repertoire ==
The ensemble writes its own pieces. Its first production, ''Elfenpest – Das Mittelalter-Musical'' (2015), a story about a mysterious disease in a medieval town, grew from a planned children's musical into a production with almost 60 participants; the premiere in the Alter Speicher was sold out with about 450 spectators, but because of its size the piece was performed only once.<ref name="elfenpest" /> The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (Ebersberg edition) called it "an ambitious production" with good vocal and acting standards, and the ''Münchner Merkur'' reported minutes of applause.<ref name="presse" />

The second musical, ''Norbert – Ein Nerd zwischen den Welten'', about a young man who withdraws into an online role-playing game, was written by Simon Moll as a chamber piece with 18 songs for five actors and three musicians, so that it could be staged on small stages; it was the first MEMO production to be performed outside Bavaria, in cooperation with [[wikipedia:SOS Children's Villages|SOS-Kinderdorf]].<ref name="norbert" /> Later productions include the song evening ''Beziehungschaos'', with songs from musicals such as ''[[wikipedia:Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Dance of the Vampires (musical)|Tanz der Vampire]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Sister Act (musical)|Sister Act]]'',<ref name="beziehungschaos" /> the crime musical ''Schauspielmord – Kommissarin Berger ermittelt'', set in a small theatre on the edge of a city,<ref name="schauspielmord" /> and ''Zwischen Triumph und Zweifel'', a song evening on heroines and heroes of the cinema and their [[wikipedia:Film score|film music]].<ref name="triumph" />

== Organisation ==
MEMO works on a project basis: new members can only join at the start of a new production, and the ensemble does not offer lessons itself but cooperates with a dance and musical school in Haar; professional musicians and coaches are engaged for individual projects.<ref name="mitmachen" /><ref name="verein" />

== References ==
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<ref name="home">[https://www.memo-ev.de/ Willkommen], Musical-Ensemble München-Ost e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021085953/https://www.memo-ev.de/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="verein">[https://www.memo-ev.de/%C3%BCber-den-verein/ Über den Verein], Musical-Ensemble München-Ost e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021090100/https://www.memo-ev.de/%C3%BCber-den-verein/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="elfenpest">[https://www.memo-ev.de/elfenpest-das-mittelalter-musical/ Elfenpest – Das Mittelalter-Musical], Musical-Ensemble München-Ost e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021090137/https://www.memo-ev.de/elfenpest-das-mittelalter-musical/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="presse">[https://www.memo-ev.de/pressestimmen/ Pressestimmen], Musical-Ensemble München-Ost e. V. (quoting Süddeutsche Zeitung Ebersberg, 10 February 2015, and Münchner Merkur Ebersberg, 24 February 2015), retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021090159/https://www.memo-ev.de/pressestimmen/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="norbert">[https://www.memo-ev.de/norbert-das-computerspiel-musical/ Norbert – Ein Nerd zwischen den Welten], Musical-Ensemble München-Ost e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021090238/https://www.memo-ev.de/norbert-das-computerspiel-musical/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="beziehungschaos">[https://www.memo-ev.de/beziehungschaos-ein-musical-liederabend/ Beziehungschaos – Ein Musical-Liederabend], Musical-Ensemble München-Ost e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021090315/https://www.memo-ev.de/beziehungschaos-ein-musical-liederabend/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="schauspielmord">[https://www.memo-ev.de/schauspielmord-kommissarin-berger-ermittelt/ Schauspielmord – Kommissarin Berger ermittelt], Musical-Ensemble München-Ost e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="triumph">[https://www.memo-ev.de/zwischen-triumph-und-zweifel-ein-liederabend/ Zwischen Triumph und Zweifel – Ein Liederabend], Musical-Ensemble München-Ost e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021091052/https://www.memo-ev.de/zwischen-triumph-und-zweifel-ein-liederabend/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="mitmachen">[https://www.memo-ev.de/mitmachen-bei-memo/ Mitmachen bei MEMO], Musical-Ensemble München-Ost e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021091122/https://www.memo-ev.de/mitmachen-bei-memo/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="impressum">[https://www.memo-ev.de/about/ Impressum], Musical-Ensemble München-Ost e. V., retrieved 20 October 2026. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261021091252/https://www.memo-ev.de/about/ Archived] on 21 October 2026.</ref>
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