The substance of the activity of the Chair of Vocal Studies is subordinated to the ultimate goal, i.e., teaching solo singing. In addition to their individual training students undergo a wide range of other forms of instruction, from regular concerts and presentations prepared by teachers responsible for different subjects to young singers' participation in singing competitions, master courses, demonstration lessons etc., in Poland and abroad, as well as participation in important musical events, particularly alongside outstanding vocalists.
One of the significant determinants of quality of teaching for future singers is co-operation with other chairs of the Academy of Music, especially those which focus on performance skills. Another very important aspect of the Vocal Chair's activity is the organisation of master courses led by outstanding figures in the music world. Two such events are planned for this year with Stefano Patarino (Rovigo Conservatory) and Professor Helena Lazarska (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst, Vienna).
One of the highlights of the Chair's activity in 2007 will be the 8th International Edmund Kossowski Competition "Rendering of Polish Artistic Songs".
The Chair's Faculty is also striving to achieve the best possible results by perfecting its own skills. It is the task of the Chair of Vocal Studies to put forward motions to the Department Council to initiate the procedures for conferring consecutive scientific titles. To this end Faculty members also engage in other forms of activity such as participation and exchange of ideas in scientific conferences, sessions, lectures, meetings and courses for singing teachers. These activities are realised in higher educational establishments in Poland and on other national and international forums.
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Concerts and thematic seminars organised by the Chair of Vocal Studies:
The Meanders of Interpretation - a series of research and didactic sessions
Programs without Frames - student/teacher concerts
Great Singers and Teachers - a series of "in memoriam" seminars
Elements of Vocal Education - a series of discussion forums prepared by the Chair Faculty
Annual dramatised thematic concerts presenting selected operatic scenes, organised in co-operation with the The Aleksander Zelwerowicz State Theatre Academy and the Academy of Fine Arts
anniversary concerts
oratorio concerts
Chair Members:
Professor Jerzy Knetig - Head of the Chair
Professor Bożena Betley Professor Ryszard Karczykowski Professor Małgorzata Marczewska Associate Professor Jadwiga Rappé Professor Urszula Trawińska-Moroz Professor Włodzimierz Zalewski Ryszard Cieśla, Professor AMFC
Cezary Szyfman, Professor AMFC (Bialystok Branch)
Robert Cieśla, Ph.D.Hab.
Assistant Professor Ewa Iżykowska-Kłosiewicz, D.A. Hab., e-mail: ewaizykowska@op.pl
Assistant Professor Anna Jeremus-Lewandowska D.A. Hab. (Bialystok Branch)
Assistant Professor Iwona Kowalkowska, D.A. Hab. (Bialystok Branch)
Assistant Professor Mikołaj Moroz, D.A. Hab.
Assistant Professor Jolanta Janucik
Assistant Professor Krystyna Jaźwinska-Dobosz
Assistant Professor Anna Radziejewska, D.A.
Assistant Professor Krzysztof Szmyt
Assistant Professor Eugenia Mirosława Rozlach, D.A.
Senior Lecturer Anna Cichowicz
Senior Lecturer Alicja Ogrodzińska
Agnieszka Hauzer, MA
Izabella Kłosinska, MA
Dorota Laskowiecka, MA
Dariusz Niemirowicz, MA
Dorota Radomska, MA
Artur Stefanowicz, MA
Co-workers:
Professor emeritus Jerzy Artysz
Professor emeritus Zdzisława Donat-Pajda
Professor emeritus Kazimierz Pustelak Professor emeritus Krystyna Szostek-Radkowa
Senior Lecturer Hanna Chojnacka
Senior Lecturer Jitka Stokalska
Senior Lecturer Renata Wróbel
Lecturer Lidia Juranek-Sutkowska
Karolina Garbacik, MA (Bialystok Branch)
Małgorzata Kaczmarska-Rucińska, MA
