Christian Grube

In June 2006 he became Artistic Director and Conductor of the Santa Cruz Chorale.

Because of the diplomatic influence of his work throughout the world, in 1995 Grube was awarded the National Medal for Distinguished Service — the highest civilian honor given by the German government.

In 1989 the Staats- und Domchor was selected to sing at the German reunification ceremony . After the Berlin Wall came down, Grube was able to re-establish connections with the Dom in former East Berlin, thus making it possible for the choir to return to its original home.

In 1975 Prof. Grube founded the Chamber Choir of the Berlin University of the Arts (Kammerchor der Universität der Künste).

In 1973 Grube became Professor for liturgy, hymnology, and choral conducting at the Berlin University of the Arts (formerly Hochschule der Künste), as well as director of the Staats- und Domchor, Berlin (the State and Cathedral Choir). As its dual name suggests, the Staats- und Domchor was active both in government and church activities, singing regularly in the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche as the "bishop's choir", and also at official functions as the "state choir".

In 1964 Grube was chosen for a new position at St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim. To recruit young singers for the Kantorei, the Lutheran Church of Hanover/Lower Saxony and the state of Lower Saxony linked the position of choirmaster (Kantor) at St. Michael’s with that of music teacher/choirmaster at the Gymnasium Andreanum. Grube held this dual position until 1973; his reputation there earned him an invitation to the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin.

Christian J Grube (born 20 September 1934) is a German choral conductor.