ORGAN
Faculty of Instrumental Performance
Bachelor’s & Master’s studies
FOR STUDENTS
The organ studies prepare the student for the profession of a solo instrumentalist, chamber musician and a teacher. Students deepen their knowledge, improve their performance skills and shape the artistic personality. Students have the opportunity to perform at different concert series, e.g. the Organ Evenings, or the ‘Music in the Old Monastery’. They take part in various seminars and masterclasses led by renowned Polish and foreign Artists. The excellent preparation of the students is evidenced by the prizes won at various competitions. The recently built organ, modelled on 18th century instruments, allows students to study and perform a very wide repertoire from the Renaissance to the early 19th century.
The curriculum includes subjects such as: organ, chamber music, basso continuo theory, counterpoint, organ knowledge, improvisation, piano, harpsichord.
GRADUATE PROFILE
The Graduate is qualified to be an instrumental musician: soloist and chamber musician, can continue to develop his/her skills in postgraduate studies, is a comprehensively educated musician, an instrumentalist possessing broad theoretical and practical knowledge enabling independent stage activity, on the basis of the experience gained during his/her studies, through a conscious choice of specialization, independently plans his/her further professional career.
BACHELOR’S STUDIES
The Bachelor's degree studies in Instrumental Music are addressed to musically talented candidates who wish to continue their musical education and, above all, to perfect their instrumental skills on a chosen instrument.
Classes are conducted in English
Organ bachelor’s study program
MASTER’S STUDIES
Students on the second-cycle studies (Master's degree program) can continue to improve their musical skills and develop their interests as well as their professional career.
Classes are conducted in English
Organ master’s study program
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS
BACHELOR’S STUDIES
MAIN INSTRUMENT
Performance of a programme within the scope of the Secondary Music School Diploma.
- A piece from the pre-Bachian period.
- A work by Johann Sebastian Bach [prelude (fantasia, toccata) and fugue].
- A work written in the period from 19th to 21st century.
OTHER BASIC EXAMINATIONS
- Self-Preparation of a piece of music (during one hour)
- Sight-reading
MASTER’S STUDIES
MAIN INSTRUMENT
- One of the large-scale forms by Johann Sebastian Bach.
- One of the larger pieces from the 19th to 21st century.
INTERVIEW CONCERNING
- the candidate's motivation for continuing studies;
- the candidate's specialized interests and expectations regarding the candidate's chosen specialisation;
- the candidate's career plans.
CONTACT
Rui Liu, e-mail: