Department of Composition, Conducting, Music Theory and Music Therapy

The Department of Composition, Conducting, Music Theory and Music Therapy educates professional musicians who are comprehensively and modernly prepared for independent artistic work, scientific and research activities and, additionally, after completing the Pedagogical College, work in education.

The main goal of education in the field of composition is the multifaceted development of young artists, shaping their artistic personalities and directing their interests. The basis of this process is the acquisition of contemporary compositional skills by students. Graduates of composition studies demonstrate a good command of these techniques, enabling them to work independently (first-cycle studies), as well as having the in-depth knowledge necessary to develop their own stylistic idiom (second-cycle studies). Composition students have the opportunity to produce electroacoustic and computer-generated works, which they create in a professionally equipped Computer Composition Studio. They also learn about the issues involved in theatre and film composition.

The conducting programme prepares students for artistic and organisational work in instrumental, vocal and vocal-instrumental ensembles, including symphony orchestras. In order to deepen their theoretical and practical knowledge of conducting and to seek new ways of expressing their musical language, students participate in numerous observations and internships in choral and orchestral ensembles. They become familiar with works from earlier periods (first-cycle studies) as well as music from the 20th and 21st centuries (second-cycle studies). The conducting skills acquired during their studies enable them to undertake various artistic projects, including those at the intersection of the arts. Graduates of the conducting programme are distinguished by their active involvement in cultural institutions, the media and cultural animation.

Students of music theory are equipped with the substantive and methodological skills necessary to formulate broadly understood theoretical reflections on musical works and other phenomena in the field of musical art, taking into account such disciplines as musical acoustics, psychology and sociology of music. After completing the Pedagogical College, graduates are also prepared to work in general and primary music education (first-cycle studies) as well as in scientific research, editing, journalism and teaching at all levels of music education (second-cycle studies).

Graduates of music therapy possess basic professional knowledge and skills in various methods of music therapy (first-cycle studies) as well as in-depth professional knowledge and skills in music therapy methods useful in treatment, education, rehabilitation and social rehabilitation, which allows them to work as music therapists in healthcare facilities, care centres, educational and rehabilitation centres, as well as to teach in higher education (second-cycle studies).

FIELDS OF STUDY:

Field: composition and music theory

Scope:

composition

music theory

music therapy

Field: conducting

TYPES OF STUDIES:

Composition, conducting, music theory, music therapy:

- full-time studies:

3-year first-cycle (bachelor's)

2-year second-cycle (master's)

POSTGRADUATE STUDIES:

Postgraduate Studies in Music Therapy

Postgraduate Studies in Special Composition, Computer Composition, and Theatre and Film Music