The swingING TUC Jazz Combo had its first gig in October 2018 at a TU Clausthal event. Since that time it had several performances at regional events. A vocal ensemble to support the band was also formed by the Big Band and has been rehearsing since March 2020 under the direction of jazz vocal teacher Chiara Raimondi until Chiara left the ensemble in summer 2021 for studying in Italy. Notable faculty and alumni Friedrich Adolph Roemer (1809–1869), geologist John O. Meusebach (1812–1897), bureaucrat, American farmer and politician Wilhelm Haarmann (1847–1931), chemist Arnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951), theoretical physicist Ernst Brandi (1875–1937), mining-engineer Sir Robert Nelson Kotze (1895), South African government mining engineer, knighted for services. Wilhelm Biltz (1877–1943), chemist Paul Ramdohr (1890–1985), mineralogist Josef Goubeau (1901–1990), chemist Paul Dahlke (1904–1984), actor Ekkehard Schulz (born 1941), businessman Wan Gang (born 1952), automotive engineer and politician Rudi Rubiandini (born 1962), former vice minister of energy and resource dept., indonesian petroleum professor, bureaucrat See also Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg Education in Germany References External links Clausthal University of Technology Website Clausthal University of Technology Clausthal-Zellerfeld Goslar (district) Buildings and structures in the Harz Educational institutions established in 1775 1775 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire