Knowledge and skill tests for the different departments and specialties

• Gen­eral infor­ma­tion and tests dates
• Pro­ce­dure for appli­ca­tion for fresh­men year
• Knowl­edge and skill tests for the dif­fer­ent depart­ments and specialties
• Test material
• Con­sul­ta­tion courses
• Coor­di­na­tors for enrol­ment pro­ce­dure and stud­ies for for­eign students
• Appli­ca­tion form (in Polish)

BA Stud­ies

Depart­ment 1 — Com­po­si­tion, Con­duct­ing and The­ory of Music

Major: CONDUCTING (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Sym­phony and Opera Conducting

• con­duct­ing a pre­vi­ously pre­pared piece (name of the com­poser and title of the work to be sent together with the appli­ca­tion form)
• aural train­ing and basics of study of instru­ments — oral
• piano — pre­sen­ta­tion of pre­pared pro­gram and read­ing a vista

Major: COMPOSITION AND THEORY OF MUSIC (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Composition

• review of at least 3 orig­i­nal com­po­si­tions sub­mit­ted together with the appli­ca­tion form to be inspected before­hand by the exam­i­na­tion committee
• aural train­ing and har­mony — oral
• piano (pre­sen­ta­tion of pre­pared pro­gram) and read­ing a vista

Spe­cialty: The­ory of Music

• har­mony — writ­ten and oral
• aural train­ing — writ­ten and oral
• forms and analy­sis of a work music — oral

 

Depart­ment 2 — Piano, Harp­si­chord and Organ

Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cial­ties: Piano Play­ing, Harp­si­chord Playing

• instru­ment (pre­sen­ta­tion of pre­pared pro­gram — exam­i­na­tion committee’s selection)
• prepa­ra­tion of a set piece (40 minutes)
• aural train­ing — oral

Spe­cialty: Organ Playing

• instru­ment (pre­sen­ta­tion of pre­pared pro­gram — exam­i­na­tion committee’s selection)
• per­form­ing the pre­pared piece whose score (in PDF) will be avail­able to down­load from the FCUM’s web­site 7 days before the set date of the exam
• aural train­ing — oral

 

Depart­ment 3 — Instru­men­tal Studies

Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cial­ties: Vio­lin Play­ing, Viola Play­ing, Cello Play­ing, Dou­ble Bass Play­ing, Flute Play­ing, Oboe Play­ing, Clar­inet Play­ing, Bas­soon Play­ing, Sax­o­phone Play­ing, Trum­pet Play­ing, Horn Play­ing, Trom­bone Play­ing, Tuba Play­ing, Per­cus­sion Play­ing, Harp Play­ing, Accor­dion Play­ing, Gui­tar Playing

• instru­ment (pre­sen­ta­tion of pre­pared pro­gram — exam­i­na­tion committee’s selection)
• prepa­ra­tion of a set piece and read­ing a vista
• aural train­ing — oral

 

Depart­ment 4 — Vocal Studies

Major: VOCAL STUDIES

Spe­cialty: Solo Singing (intra­mural and extra­mural studies)

• singing
• act­ing and move­ment pre­dis­po­si­tion test
• aural train­ing — oral

All appli­cants must also take a pho­ni­atric exam­i­na­tion at the FCUM, dur­ing the knowl­edge and skills test. Neg­a­tive result of the test excludes a can­di­date from fur­ther par­tic­i­pa­tion in the enrol­ment procedure.

 

Depart­ment 5 — Choir Con­duct­ing, Music Edu­ca­tion, Church Music, Rhyth­mics and Dance

Major: MUSIC ARTISTIC EDUCATION (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Con­duct­ing Music Ensembles

• aural train­ing — writ­ten and oral
• test of con­duct­ing and vocal predisposition
• selected instru­ment (in case of a dif­fer­ent instru­ment than the piano the can­di­date must also take a piano skills test)

Spe­cialty: Rhythmics

• rhyth­mics
• aural train­ing — writ­ten and oral
• piano and piano impro­vi­sa­tion with ele­ments of harmony

Major: CHURCH MUSIC (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Church Music

• organ or piano (to choose by the candidate)
• aural train­ing — writ­ten and oral
• test of con­duct­ing and vocal predispositions

Major: DANCE (extra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Bal­let Pedagogy

• check­ing prac­ti­cal skills and the­o­ret­i­cal knowl­edge of clas­si­cal, folk, char­ac­ter­is­tic and mod­ern dance

 

Depart­ment 6 — Sound Engineering

Major: SOUND ENGINEERING (intra­mural studies)

Can­di­dates sit­ting the new school-leaving exam­i­na­tion ( “nowa” matura) must have a school-leaving cer­tifi­cate in math­e­mat­ics or physics (candidate’s choice). Advanced level for the above men­tioned sub­jects is suggested

• test of knowl­edge of the media — writ­ten and oral
• aural train­ing and har­mony — writ­ten and oral
• instru­ment playing
• Can­di­dates who sat the old school-leaving exam­i­na­tion (“stara” matura) — math­e­mat­ics and physics test (cho­sen branches) – writ­ten and oral
• detailed infor­ma­tion about the rules of cal­cu­lat­ing the result are on the Depart­ment Web­site (in Polish).

Prior to the test can­di­dates must sub­mit the results of their audio­met­ric test, con­ducted at the FCUM. The test is free.

 

Depart­ment 7 — Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białystok

Can­di­dates for the spe­cial­ties: Con­duct­ing Music Ensem­bles, Church Music, Music at School and Solo Singing must undergo a pho­ni­atric exam­i­na­tion at the FCUM Depart­ment of Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białys­tok dur­ing the knowl­edge and skills tests.

Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Instru­men­tal Pedagogy

• instru­ment
• prepa­ra­tion of a set piece and read­ing a vista
• aural train­ing — oral

Major: MUSIC ARTISTIC EDUCATION (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Church Music

• organ or piano (candidate’s choice)
• aural train­ing – oral
• con­duct­ing and vocal skills test

Spe­cialty: Con­duct­ing Music Ensembles

• aural train­ing — writ­ten and oral
• con­duct­ing and vocal skills test
• selected instru­ment

Spe­cialty: Music at School

• aural train­ing — oral
• test of man­ual and vocal predisposition
• selected instru­ment

Major: VOCAL STUDIES (intra­mural and inter­de­par­ta­men­tal studies)

Spe­cialty: Solo Singing

• singing
• test of act­ing and move­ment predisposition
• aural train­ing — oral

A can­di­date must undergo an oblig­a­tory pho­ni­atric test. A neg­a­tive result of the test excludes the can­di­date from fur­ther part of the enrol­ment procedure.

 

MA Stud­ies

From the Aca­d­e­mic Year 2010/2011 there is an option to widen one’s MA Stud­ies with the Mul­ti­me­dia Spe­cialty for stu­dents of the sec­ond degree stud­ies of the fol­low­ing spe­cial­ties at the FCUM:

• Com­po­si­tion
• The­ory of Music
• Piano Play­ing
• Accor­dion Playing
• Gui­tar Playing
• Harp Play­ing
• Solo Singing
• Music Pro­duc­tion
• Film and TV Sound Engineering

Stu­dents will be qual­i­fied to par­tic­i­pate in Inter-University Mul­ti­me­dia Pro­gram, which is a con­tin­u­a­tion of the project co-financed by the Oper­at­ing Pro­gramme “Human Cap­i­tal” as part of the Euro­pean Social Fund for can­di­date for the fol­low­ing Majors: Vocal Stud­ies, Com­po­si­tion, The­ory of Music and Instru­men­tal Stud­ies, on the basis of their pre­lim­i­nary dec­la­ra­tions, dis­trib­uted among the can­di­dates. In case of too many can­di­dates the basis for accept­ing them for the project will be a test of log­i­cal think­ing.
The date of the test of log­i­cal think­ing is 4th July 2012.

 

Depart­ment 1 — Com­po­si­tion, Con­duct­ing and The­ory of Music

Major: CONDUCTING (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Sym­phony and Opera Conducting

• con­duct­ing one of three pre­pared pieces from dif­fer­ent peri­ods (exam­i­na­tion committee’s selection)
• score read­ing and aural train­ing — oral

Major: COMPOSITION AND THEORY OF MUSIC (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Composition

• review of at least 5 orig­i­nal com­po­si­tions (sub­mit­ted together with the appli­ca­tion form, to be inspected before­hand by the exam­i­na­tion com­mit­tee) and an interview

Spe­cialty: The­ory of Music

• The­ory of music – oral test
• His­tory of music – oral test
• Music cul­ture – oral test

 

Depart­ment 2 — Piano, Harp­si­chord and Organ

Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cial­ties: Piano Play­ing, Harp­si­chord Play­ing, Organ Playing

• test of instru­ment play­ing: pre­sen­ta­tion of a free solo pro­gram styl­is­ti­cally var­ied and with a high dif­fi­culty level (up to 45 min­utes; exam­i­na­tion committee’s selection)

Spe­cialty: Piano Play­ing with Eng­lish as the lan­guage of tuition

• test of instru­ment play­ing: pre­sen­ta­tion of a free solo pro­gram styl­is­ti­cally var­ied and with a high dif­fi­culty level (up to 45 min­utes; exam­i­na­tion committee’s selection)

 

Depart­ment 3 — Instru­men­tal Studies

Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Vio­lin Playing

• W. A. Mozart – per­form­ing Move­ment I or Move­ments II and III of a cho­sen vio­lin con­certo with a cadenza,
• per­form­ing a Cap­pri­cio or Etude for solo violin
• per­form­ing a cho­sen piece (pieces) for solo vio­lin or for vio­lin and piano

Spe­cial­ties: Viola Play­ing, Cello Play­ing, Dou­ble Bass Playing

• per­form­ing a cho­sen pro­gramme (pre­sen­ta­tion up to 30 min­utes, pieces to choose by the exam­i­na­tion committee)

Spe­cial­ties: Flute Play­ing, Oboe Play­ing, Clar­inet Play­ing, Bas­soon Play­ing, Sax­o­phone Play­ing, Trum­pet Play­ing, Horn Play­ing, Trom­bone Play­ing, Tuba Playing

• per­form­ing a con­certo, a sonata and a selected piece (or two sonatas and a selected piece)

Spe­cialty: Per­cus­sion Playing

• per­form­ing a free pro­gramme, which varies in terms of the choice of per­cus­sion instru­ments (pre­sen­ta­tion up to 30 minutes)

Spe­cial­ties: Accor­dion Play­ing, Harp Play­ing, Gui­tar Playing

• per­form­ing a free pro­gramme (pre­sen­ta­tion up to 30 min­utes, pieces to choose by the exam­i­na­tion committee)

 

Depart­ment 4 — Vocal Studies

Major: VOCAL STUDIES (intra­mural and extra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Solo Singing

• Singing
• Act­ing and danc­ing skills test
• Aural train­ing – read­ing a vista
• Inter­view

All appli­cants must also take a pho­ni­atric exam­i­na­tion at the FCUM, dur­ing the knowl­edge and skills test. Neg­a­tive result of the test excludes a can­di­date from fur­ther par­tic­i­pa­tion in the enrol­ment procedure.

 

Depart­ment 5 — Choir Con­duct­ing, Music Edu­ca­tion, Church Music, Rhyth­mics and Dance

Major: MUSIC ARTISTIC EDUCATION (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Choir Conducting

• choir con­duct­ing
• voice pro­duc­tion
• aural train­ing (oral)
• piano

Spe­cialty: Rhythmics

• rhyth­mics
• piano impro­vi­sa­tion with ele­ments of aural training
• inter­view

Major: CHURCH MUSIC (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Church Music

• organ
• choir con­duct­ing
• voice pro­duc­tion
• aural train­ing (oral)

Major: DANCE (extra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Bal­let Pedagogy

• check­ing prac­ti­cal skills (pre­sen­ta­tion), the­o­ret­i­cal knowl­edge (per­for­mance rules) and method­olog­i­cal knowl­edge (sub­ject didac­tics) of clas­si­cal, folk, char­ac­ter­is­tic and mod­ern dance; level of grades 1–6 of gen­eral bal­let schools

Spe­cialty: Chore­og­ra­phy and The­ory of Dance

• Prac­ti­cal test of dance skills (clas­si­cal and mod­ern dance lesson)
• Pre­sen­ta­tion of the pre­pared 2.5-minute long move­ment com­po­si­tion to the selected music, in a free style or dance tech­nique, per­formed personally
• Impro­vi­sa­tion inspired by a musi­cal piece or theme, selected at ran­dom by a candidate
• Answer­ing two out of three drawn ques­tions from the area of the­ory, his­tory and knowl­edge about dance

 

Depart­ment 6 — Sound Engineering

Major: SOUND ENGINEERING (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cial­ties: Film and TV Sound Engi­neer­ing, Music Production

• an inter­view con­cern­ing: film sound engi­neer­ing or music pro­duc­tion, depend­ing on the cho­sen spe­cial­ity, dur­ing which the can­di­date presents the fol­low­ing com­pleted tasks: films with sound pre­pared by the can­di­date or music record­ings pre­pared by the can­di­date. Music record­ings should be pre­sented on a CD, in a for­mat with no lossy data com­pres­sion. Film works (at least two) should be pre­sented as audio stereo or LCR files with syn­chro­nous video files in the Quick­time dvPAL for­mat and as an open Pro­TOOLS stereo or LCR ses­sion; one of the pre­sented works must include the sound layer based on post­syn­chrones: also dia­logues and effects (e.g. it can be a 5-minute-long frag­ment of a fea­ture film), the sec­ond work can be any film (espe­cially a film study or an animation);
• knowl­edge and skills test based on the first degree (BA) stud­ies cur­ricu­lum for the Major: Sound Engi­neer­ing (only for can­di­dates who do not have a diploma obtained at this Major; pos­i­tive result of the test will be the basis for admit­ting a can­di­date to the interview).

Can­di­dates for the sec­ond degree stud­ies in the spe­cial­ties: Film and TV Sound Engi­neer­ing and Music Pro­duc­tion, can apply for widen­ing their selected Major with mul­ti­me­dia sub­jects, in a form of an indi­vid­ual plan of stud­ies (as spec­i­fied in the FCUM riles of stud­ies), as part of the project called the Inter-University Mul­ti­me­dia Pro­gram (MSM) run by the Depart­ment of Sound Engi­neer­ing, which is a con­tin­u­a­tion of the project co-financed by the Oper­at­ing Pro­gramme “Human Cap­i­tal” as part of the Euro­pean Social Fund.
Stu­dents will be qual­i­fied to par­tic­i­pate in the MSM project on the basis of their pre­lim­i­nary dec­la­ra­tions, dis­trib­uted among the can­di­dates. In case of too many can­di­dates the basis for accept­ing them for the project will be a test of log­i­cal thinking.

Spe­cialty: Sound Engi­neer­ing in Multimedia

• an inter­view con­cern­ing sound engi­neer­ing in audio­vi­sual forms, dur­ing which a can­di­date presents sound to: 1 . an artis­tic audio­vi­sual form (e.g. a car­toon, an exper­i­men­tal film, a film study, video-art – instal­la­tion of archi­tec­tonic space or other pub­lic space). The work should include cre­ational sound ele­ments; 2. frag­ment of a fea­ture film with dia­logues. Both works should be pre­sented in the form of audio stereo or LCR files with syn­chro­nous video files in the Quick­time dvPAL for­mat and as an open Pro­TOOLS stereo or LCR session;
• knowl­edge and skills test based on the BA stud­ies cur­ricu­lum for the Major: Sound Engi­neer­ing (only for can­di­dates who do not have a diploma obtained at this Major; pos­i­tive result of the test will be the basis for admit­ting a can­di­date to the interview);
• pre­dis­po­si­tion test in log­i­cal thinking.

From the Aca­d­e­mic Year 2012/2013 the intake for the spe­cialty: Sound Engi­neer­ing in Mul­ti­me­dia is part of the project called the Inter-University Mul­ti­me­dia Pro­gram run by the Depart­ment of Sound Engi­neer­ing, which is a con­tin­u­a­tion of the project co-financed by the Oper­at­ing Pro­gramme “Human Cap­i­tal” as part of the Euro­pean Social Fund.

 

Depart­ment 7 — Instru­men­tal and Edu­ca­tional Stud­ies in Białystok

Major: INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Instru­men­tal Pedagogy

• instru­ment

Major: MUSIC ARTISTIC EDUCATION (intra­mural studies)

Spe­cialty: Church Music

• organ
• con­duct­ing
• voice pro­duc­tion

Spe­cialty: Con­duct­ing Music Ensembles

• con­duct­ing
• voice pro­duc­tion
• piano

Spe­cialty: Artis­tic Edu­ca­tion at  School

• con­duct­ing
• voice pro­duc­tion
• piano

Major: VOCAL STUDIES (intra­mural and inter­de­part­men­tal studies)

Spe­cialty: Solo Singing

• singing
• act­ing and danc­ing skills test
• aural train­ing – read­ing a vista
• inter­view

A can­di­date under­goes an oblig­a­tory pho­ni­atric test. Neg­a­tive results of the test excludes a can­di­date from fur­ther par­tic­i­pa­tion in the enrol­ment procedure.