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Akademia Muzyczna im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katowicach | |
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| Established | 1929 |
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| Rector | Władysław Szymański |
| Address | ul. Zacisze 3, 40-025 Katowice , , Poland |
| Website | am |
The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music is a school of music of university level in Katowice, in Poland. It is named for Karol Szymanowski.
The school offers full-time and part-time BA, MA and DA studies at four departments: [1] Composition, Conducting, Theory and Music Education, Jazz and Popular Music, Instrumental and Vocal-Acting. Studies are offered in the following fields: [2]
It offers paid studies in given specialties in the English language.[ clarification needed ] Study programs are based on the European Credit Transfer System. [3]
Each year the school holds several artistic events such as concerts (admission free), competitions, master classes and conferences. Many ensembles consisting of students perform concerts on a regular basis: Karol Szymanowski Academic Symphony Orchestra, Academic Wind Orchestra, Academic Baroque Orchestra, Academic Chamber Orchestra, Mixed Choir of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, Chamber Choir and Jazz Institute Big-Band. [4] It organizes bigger events as well: International Festival of Academic Orchestras (every 2 years), Instrumental Music Festival (each year), Vocal Music Days (each year), International Violin Festival, Silesian Jazz Festival (each year), All-Poland Brass Instruments Competition, International Harp Festival.
Alumni include: [5]
The school consists of five buildings. The oldest neo-Gothic building [6] was constructed at the end of the 19th century (33, Wojewódzka street). It is linked with the modern building which includes a concert hall for 480 people by a spacious atrium (designed by Tomasz Konior). Apart from the concert hall, the modern building includes one of the biggest musical libraries in Poland, a music therapy hall, an electronic music laboratory, a restaurant and many other facilities. The atrium is also linked with a building in 3, Zacisze street, where the academy's authorities have their offices. The other two buildings where lectures and rehearsals take place, are located in 5, Zacisze street and 27, Krasińskiego street.
The Museum of Silesian Organ, located in the basement of the oldest building, is the only museum of this kind in Central Europe. It gathers and preserves many objects connected with organ and its history.
The academy has exchange agreements with the School of Music of University of Louisville in the United States, the Zoltán Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music in Kecskemét in Hungary, and the department of musicology of Palacký University of Olomouc in the Czech Republic. It participates in the Socrates–Erasmus Programme. [7]
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