The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in

TEACHERS: senior lecturer Lidia Kierończyk, senior lecturer Maria
Ćwiklińska, lecturer Jerzy Zieleniak
ASSESSMENT: semesters I, III – pass/fail, semester II, IV – exam
Development of musical talents through the training of harmonic
ear and training in pitch relationship, a sense of
rhythm, sensitivity to the sound tone, musical memory and
imagination. Developing the skills of analysis and writing
down the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic sound phenomena.
Mastering sight singing.
MUSICAL FORMS ANALYSIS
1,5 years, 2 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: assistant Monika Kędziora
ASSESSMENT: semesters II-III – pass/fail, semester IV – exam
Construction of musical pieces: prelude, fantasy, ballad,
rhapsody, fugue, symphonic poem. Classification and systematization
of structural phenomena necessary for the proper
interpretation of performed pieces. The choice of form
depending on the instrumental peculiarity of a given student
group.
HISTORY OF MUSIC WITH LITERATURE
2 years, 2 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: senior lecturer Janina Tatarska Ph.D., senior lecturer
Jarosław Mianowski Ph.D., lecturer Alina Mazur
ASSESSMENT: semesters I, III – pass/fail, semesters II, IV – exam
Extending the knowledge of music history of the Antiquity,
Middle Ages, Renaissance, classicism and romanticism. Historical
synthesis deal with the issues of individual epochs,
composition activities, important works, development of genres
and musical forms. Development of music styles as well
as detailed issues, for example instruments, musical notation,
activities of music institutions and music reception.
HISTORY OF THE 20 TH CENTURY MUSIC
WITH LITERATURE
1 year, 3 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: assistant professor Halina Lorkowska Ph.D.
assessmente: semester V – pass/fail, semester VI – exam
ASSESSMENT: semester V – pass/fail, semester VI – exam
Development of music throughout the 20 th century. Broadening
the historical and musical knowledge by the music connections
with other artistic areas and social life.
DIPLOMA THESIS PROSEMINAR
1 semester, 1 hour a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: lecturer Alina Mazur
ASSESSMENT: semester IX – pass/fail
Basic issues concerning writing the diploma paper. Rules of
bibliographical description and modern methods of information
search.
DIPLOMA THESIS SEMINAR
1 semester, 10 hours
TYPE: individual
TEACHERS: teachers of the main course in a diploma year
ASSESSMENT: semester X – pass/fail
Supervision over preparation and edition of the diploma work.
General training
HISTORY OF CULTURE AND ART
2 years, 2 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: senior lecturer Andrzej Kempiński Ph.D.
ASSESSMENT: semesters I-III pass/fail, semester IV – exam
Introducing students to the history of European culture
(including Polish culture) as the background for the development
of art, mainly music (from the period of so called
praindoeuropean community to the present day).
MARKETING AND ANIMATION OF CULTURE
1 year, 2 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: professor Michał Iwaszkiewicz doctor habilitated, lecturer
Krzysztof Lewandowski
ASSESSMENT: semester VI – pass/fail, semester VII – exam
Introduction to the economic aspects of artistic activities,
including dynamic marketing. Equipping students with the
knowledge and abilities of the marketing, understanding of
cultural events and defining tasks connected with cultural
competences of the society. Gaining the knowledge of culture
management.
20 TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY
AND AESTHETICS OF MUSIC.
1 year, 2 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: professor Włodzimierz Kaczocha doctor habilitated
(“20 th Century Philosophy”), assistant professor Hanna Kostrzewska
Ph.D. (“Aesthetics of Music”)
ASSESSMENT: semester VII – pass/fail, semester VIII – exam
20 TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY: issues of neothomistic ontology,
existential philosophy, phenomenology; philosophical anthropology
of neoliberalism, neothomism and existential
philosophy; catholic social philosophy and the rules of
social science; concepts of “Proper’s open and closed society”
and the “Fukuyama’s end of history”; critical social theory
of Horkheimer and Habermas; ethical doctrines – catholic,
utilitarian philosophy, emotivism; deconstructionism –
philosophy of postmodernism.
AESTHETICS OF MUSIC: philosophical problems of music, aesthetic
and musical concepts in historical perspective, heteronomic
and autonomic values of music, semiological aspect
of music etc.
GERMAN LANGUAGE
3 years, 3 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: lecturer Donata Żukowska
ASSESSMENT: semesters I-V – pass/fail, semester VI – exam
Students, divided into groups on the basis of their knowledge
of the language, follow different syllabuses adjusted to
their level and skills.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3 years, 3 hours a week
TYPE: group
TEACHERS: senior lecturer Iwona Elbanowska, senior lecturer
Krystyna Kapitułka Ph.D., Monika Marcinkowska M.A.
ASSESSMENT: semesters I-V – pass/fail, semester VI – exam
Students, divided into groups on the basis of their knowledge
of the language, follow different syllabuses adjusted to
their level and skills.
HUMANITIES ELECTIVE
1 semester, 2 hours a week
TYPE: group
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