INTERDEPARTMENTAL UNIT OF EARLY MUSIC

• Instru­men­tal Stud­ies
  • Chair of String Instruments
  • Chair of Wind Instruments
  • Interuni­ver­si­tary Chair of Accordion
  • Inter­de­part­men­tal Chair of Cham­ber Music
  • Unit of Harp, Gui­tar and Percussion
  • Unit of Early Music

The Inter­de­part­men­tal Unit of Early Music super­vised by Senior Lec­turer Agata Sapiecha started its activ­ity in the aca­d­e­mic year of 1996/97, thanks to the ini­tia­tive of the FCUM author­i­ties of that time.

• The course of edu­ca­tion last at least two years in order to obtain basic qual­i­fi­ca­tions in delib­er­ate inter­pre­ta­tion in a his­tor­i­cal con­text (this cycle may be pro­longed into the whole period of stud­ies depend­ing on a student’s interests).
• Lessons and group classes may be also open to “pas­sive: stu­dents, who would like to find out what the classes are about.
• Par­tic­i­pa­tion in classes at the IUEM is open to can­di­dates from Poland and abroad, who study at the FCUM or at the Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Ped­a­gog­i­cal Stud­ies in Białystok.
• A plan of two-year post­grad­u­ate stud­ies in the spe­cialty: His­tor­i­cal Instru­ments Play­ing, which will cover prac­ti­cal and the­o­ret­i­cal sub­jects, is cur­rently being prepared.
• It is now pos­si­ble to start Post­grad­u­ate Artis­tic Train­ing in the spe­cialty: His­tor­i­cal Instru­ments Playing.
• All sub­jects are run by Senior Lec­turer Agata Sapiecha. In order to cre­ate opti­mum con­di­tions of devel­op­ment for stu­dents (so that they can obtain the nec­es­sary knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence) in the area of music inter­pre­ta­tion in a his­tor­i­cal con­text, the Unit coop­er­ates with the most out­stand­ing artists, ped­a­gogues and musi­col­o­gists from Poland, Ger­many, the UK, the Nether­lands, France and other coun­tries. This coop­er­a­tion con­sists in run­ning mas­ter classes, work­shops, lec­tures, con­certs of stu­dents, some­times fea­tur­ing pedagogues.
• The classes run by Senior Lec­turer Agata Sapiecha, cover 4 sub­jects:
  1. His­tor­i­cal Instru­ments Play­ing (also singing, depend­ing on stu­dents’ inter­ests) — 1 hour per week
  2. Per­for­mance Aes­thet­ics — 2 hours; the­o­ret­i­cal group classes
  3. Early Music Ensem­bles — 2 hours; prac­ti­cal group classes
  4. Baroque Orches­tra — 2 hours; group classes
• Classes at the IUEM are optional but stu­dents par­tic­i­pat­ing in them reg­u­larly have the right to sub­ject com­ple­tions and exams, as agreed with Dean of the Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal Studies.
• Stu­dents of the Divi­sion of Musi­col­ogy, Uni­ver­sity of War­saw, also have the right to com­plete some sub­jects as part of the Inter­de­part­men­tal Unit of Early Music.
• Sub­jects are com­pleted on the basis of tests and exams. Mem­bers of the Com­mit­tee – accord­ing to the needs – are ped­a­gogues from other Departments.
• Exams in His­tor­i­cal Instru­ments Play­ing have a form of open concerts.
• Classes are run in Pol­ish; it is also pos­si­ble that they are run in Eng­lish, Ger­man or Russian.
• Classes at the Unit, as well as the orga­nized mas­ter courses, are open all stu­dents of the FCUM or the Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Ped­a­gog­i­cal Stud­ies in Białystok.
• Orches­tra of the Inter­de­part­men­tal Unit of Early Music run by Senior Lec­turer Agata Sapiecha, coop­er­ates with the ensem­ble Il Tempo, as well as with soloists who run mas­ter courses.