Postgraduate Postgraduate Vocal Studies
Organiser: Vocal Department
The Postgraduate Studies at the Vocal Department, Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, are addressed to holders of a diploma in higher education with experience in solo singing who would like to perfect their vocal skills and broaden their knowledge of vocalism. The Postgraduate Studies course will develop students' knowledge of the singing profession from the point of view of both the specific nature of the music theatre and the stage. It will also help them to perfect their singing skills and their knowledge of the specific problems involved in learning to sing. Students who have completed the Postgraduate Studies will have a sound knowledge of vocalism and will be able to sing in various styles.
Classes are held once a month, on every third Saturday of the month.
As of the academic year 2008/2009 the Vocal Department Postgraduate Studies will introduce three subjects which will be compulsory for four semesters and the fifth semester will be a master semester whose purpose is to prepare students for their final recital.
Subject one: Solo Singing - Master Class
This class is taught in groups of 3 - 6. One session lasts 3 hours and is conducted as a group lesson. Every student must present his/her program individually and the group observes the lesson in progress. The first semester ends with an assessment for credit and semesters two, three and four end with examinations.
Subject two: Stage directing issues
This class is taught in groups of 3 - 6. One session lasts 2 hours and is conducted in the form of a lecture and exercises. The teacher discusses rendering styles throughout the history of the music theatre. Exercises consist in the preparation of selected fragments of works for the stage. The actual scope of work depends on the teacher. Odd semesters end with assessments for credit and even semesters end with an examination.
Subject three: Vocal ensembles - working with the conductor
This class is taught in groups of 3 - 6. One session lasts 3 hours and is conducted in the form of exercises. Students learn vocal discipline in co-operation with the conductor on the basis of fragments of works of music, sung solo and in groups. Odd semesters end with assessments for credit and even semesters end with an examination.
Students can have additional individual tutorials with a singing pedagogue of their choice. One hour with a pianist costs about 250 PLN.
The qualifying examination will take place in the second half of September. Candidates will be required to sing three pieces of which at least one must be by a Polish composer, sung in Polish.
The deadline for application is 15 September 2008. Please send your application to the Vocal Department (see address and telephone below). Candidates must also complete an application form (in polish) and attach three photographs signed on the reverse. Envelopes with application documents should have the annotation Studia Podyplomowe na Wydziale Wokalnym (Postgraduate Studies at the Vocal Department).
The Postgraduate Studies will only be taught in Polish.
Foreigners who would like to apply must have a diploma from a Polish higher educational establishment or a diploma of a higher educational establishment abroad, recognised or nostrified according to the Higher Education Act (art. 192 par. 2,3,4 of 27 July 2005) and the order of the Ministry of National Education and Sport of 10 August 2004. Candidates must also certify their fluency in the Polish language as a second language at minimum B1 level.
The Postgraduate Studies end with an examination after the fifth semester (vocal recital) which is marked.
Fees must be paid each semester, no later than the 10th of the month beginning the new semester. Payments must be made by bank transfer to the AMFC account (see below).
The fee is about 2000 PLN a semester. The exact amount will be given after the qualifying examination and will depend on the size of the group.
The examination fee is 60 PLN.
Address: The Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw
ul. Okólnik 2, 00-368 Warszawa
Tel: +48 22 827 72 41 ext. 222
Raiffeisen Bank Polska 80 1750 0009 0000 0000 0561 2918
REGON: 000275702
NIP: 525-000-77-15
For more detailed information please contact:
Postgraduate Vocal Studies
tel: (0-22) 827 72 41 ext. 222
e-mail: ww@chopin.edu.pl
Compiled by: The Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music