Novopolotsk State Musical College

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Novopolotsk State Musical College
Новополоцкий государственный музыкальный колледж
Other name
NGMU
Established23 July 1968
DirectorAlexander Ivanovich Kondratyuk
Address
Škoĺnaja vulica 7
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Flag of Navapolack, Belarus.svg  Novopolotsk
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Flag of Vitsebsk Voblasts.svg  Vitebsk Region
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211440
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Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus

55°32′4.885″N28°38′22.834″E / 55.53469028°N 28.63967611°E / 55.53469028; 28.63967611
Website www.ngmk.by

Novopolotsk State Musical College is an undergraduate Belarusian music college established in 1968. Several of its graduates have gone on to have national and/or international musical careers. [1] , [2]

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In 1997, the college opened a special department for talented children, [3] providing individual progress for each child. The department often launches fund-raising programmes to continue its financing and development. [4]

The college has eight departments, and subjects include musicology (leading to the qualification of professor), brass and percussion, piano, orchestral string instruments and chamber ensemble, chorus conducting, folk chorus, folk instruments (bayan, accordion) and string folk instruments. [5] [6]

It is currently directed by Alexander Ivanovich Kondratyuk. [7] [8] In its 40 years, it has produced over 2,000 students. Amongst its teachers are Galina Malykh, [9] Marina Starostenkova [1] and Mikhail Ivashkin. [10]

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  9. ↑ "Galina Malykh – domra (Novopolotsk, Belarus)". Associazione Culturale Melos. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
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