The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS*
VM – VIOLIN-MAKING, H – HARPSICHORD, O – ORGAN, P – PERCUSSION
SPECIALIZED TRAINING
MAIN COURSE
(VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, DOUBLE BASS, PIANO,
ORGAN, HARPSICHORD, FLUTE, CLARINET,
OBOE, BASSOON, TRUMPET, FRENCH HORN,
TROMBONE, TUBA, SAXOPHONE, HARP, AC-
CORDION, GUITAR, PERCUSSION)
5 years, 2 hours a week
TYPE: individual
TEACHERS: violin – professor Jadwiga Kaliszewska, professor
Bartosz Bryła, professor Marcin Baranowski, professor Michał
Grabarczyk, professor Wojciech Maliński, professor Janusz
Purzycki, professor Mariusz Derewecki, assistant professor
Dorota Kwiecińska-Hop, assistant professor Ewelina Pachucka-Mazurek,
lecturer Marek Ważbiński, assistant professor
Jarosław Żołnierczyk; viola – professor Andrzej Murawski, assistant
Marcin Murawski, lecturer Izabela Krajewska-Mrozek;
cello – professor Stanisław Pokorski, assistant professor Maciej
Mazurek, Tomasz Lisiecki M.A., senior lecturer Eugeniusz
Zboralski; double bass – professor Piotr Czerwiński, assistant
Szymon Guzowski; piano – professor Waldemar Andrzejewski,
professor Jan Jański, professor Andrzej Tatarski, professor
Alicja Kledzik, professor Bogumił Nowicki, professor Grzegorz
Kurzyński, professor Anna Organiszczak, senior lecturer Ewa
Kandulska-Jakóbczyk Ph.D., assistant professor Maciej Pabich
Ph.D.; organ – professor Elżbieta Karolak, associate profesor
Sławomir Kamiński; harpsichord – associate professor Maria
Banaszkiewicz-Bryła; flute – professor Andrzej Łęgowski, senior
lecturer Jerzy Pelc Ph.D.; clarinet – professor Zdzisław
Nowak, professor Paweł Drobnik; oboe – professor Mieczysław
Koczorowski, professor Tomasz Gubański; bassoon –
senior lecturer Krzysztof Zabłocki; trumpet – professor Roman
Gryń, senior lecturer Stanisław Kwapisz; French horn – senior
lecturer Leszek Walkowiak, Krzysztof Stencel M.A.; trombone,
tube – senior lecturer Jerzy Czajka, senior lecturer Edward
Chmiel; saxophone – senior lecturer Bernard Steuer; harp –
senior lecturer Katarzyna Staniewicz; accordion – professor
Jerzy Kaszuba, senior lecturer Teresa Kaszuba; guitar – senior
lectuer Henryk Jóźwiak, senior lecturer Kornelia Arwicz-
Sienicka Ph.D.; percussion – professor Edward Iwicki, professor
Marian Rapczewski, associate professor Maria Anders
ASSESSMENT: semesters I-VIII – exam, semesters IX, X – diploma
recital, semester X – diploma thesis exam
Practical learning of instruments literature. Students obtain
performance qualifications in solo playing.
ORCHESTRA
4 years, 6 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: associate professor Marcin Sompoliński
ASSESSMENT: semesters I-VII – pass/fail, semester VIII – exam
Developing and perfecting practical working skills in various
instrumental arrangements under conductor’s direction. Students
learn main positions of the instrumental repertoire of
European music.
ORCHESTRA STUDIES
(VIOLIN, VIOLA, CELLO, DOUBLE BASS, HARP,
WIND INSTRUMENTS, PERCUSSION)
Violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp: 2 years, 2 hours a week; wind
instruments: 2 years, 1 hour a week; percussion: 3 years, 1 hour
a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: violin – professor Janusz Purzycki, senior lecturer
Wojciech Brożek; viola – lecturer Izabela Krajewska-Mrozek;
cello – Agnieszka Brojek M.A.; double bass – assistant Szymon
Guzowski; harp – senior lecturer Katarzyna Staniewicz;
flute – senior lectuer Jerzy Pelc Ph.D.; trombone, tube – senior
lecturer Edward Chmiel; oboe – professor Tomasz Gubański;
French horn – senior lecturer Leszek Walkowiak; bassoon
– senior lecturer Krzysztof Zabłocki; trumpet – senior
lecturer Stanisław Kwapisz; clarinet – professor Paweł Drobnik;
percussion – professor Edward Iwicki
ASSESSMENT: semesters I, III – pass/fail, semesters II, IV – exam
(violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp); semesters III-VI – exam
(wind instruments); semesters III, V, VII – pass/fail, semesters
IV, VI, VIII – exam (percussion)
Acquainting students with extensive orchestral material:
symphonic, opera and ballet, within their specializations.
Work on technical and interpretation part of a work. Learning
selected solo parts from the symphonic literature.
VIOLIN-MAKING (VM)
5 years, 2 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: professor Antoni Krupa, professor Andrzej Łapa, associate
professor Honorata Stalmierska, lecturer Jan Mazurek
ASSESSMENT: semesters I-VIII – exam, semester IX – pass/fail,
semester X – diploma thesis (instrument and diploma paper)
Practical mastering of designing rules and builiding of instruments.
Restoration of historical instruments.
DESIGNING AND MODELLING (VM)
3 years, 2 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: Wiesława Brach-Przybył M.A.
ASSESSMENT: semesters I-V – pass/fail, semester VI – exam
Designing, modelling and constructing decorative elements
in historical instruments taking into consideration styles of
different periods when they were constructed. Practice in spatial
designing and colouring.
VIOLIN-MAKING RESTORATION (VM)
2 years, 2 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: professor Andrzej Łapa
ASSESSMENT: semesters III-V – pass/fail, semester VI – exam
Preparing students for restoring instruments. The programme
includes theoretical and practical aspect of restoring as well
as documentation.
Basic training
WORK WITH AN ACCOMPANIST
(STRING AND WIND INSTRUMENTS,
ACCORDION, GUITAR, HARP, PERCUSSION)
Violin, viola, cello, wind instruments: 5 years, semesters I-VI – 1 hour
a week; semesters VII-X – 2 hours a week; double bass: 5 years,
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