THE FREDERIC CHOPIN ACADEMY OF MUSIC

AMFC Authorities The AMFC is managed by the rector and three prorectors: the prorector for scientific and teaching affairs, the prorector for artistic affairs, the prorector for student affairs and for international affairs. Departments The AMFC has six departments in Warsaw and one department at the Bialystok Branch. Students can choose one of the following departments: Composition and Theory of Music, Conducting, Instrumental Studies, Vocal Studies, Music Education and Sound Engineering. Master's degrees can be obtained within three different systems of education: day studies, evening studies and extramural studies. They can also be obtained externally. Students may take an individual path of studies in which they follow a separate syllabus approved by the respective Department Councils. They may also take complementary courses in music pedagogy, study at an additional department, or complete an additional speciality or specialisation. All students must take comprehensive music courses and profiled courses, e.g., aural training, history of music and music literature, music forms, piano, conducting; general courses: foreign language, physical education; humanistic courses: philosophy, aesthetics, history of art, twentieth-century art, film history. All group classes are open. Graduate courses (for a Master's degree) last five years. Candidates for the Master's degree must give an artistic presentation (artistic performance, composition, recording), submit a theoretical dissertation in writing and pass an oral examination. About 100 students graduate from the AMFC each year. Currently about 600 students are studying at the AMFC. The Home of the Bialystok Branch Graduates of music academies in Poland and abroad may attend postgraduate master courses at the AMFC. The AMFC has special authorisation to conduct examinations for first and second level artistic degrees (the equivalents of doctoral and post-doctoral degrees respectively) in the following disciplines: conducting, composition, instrumental studies, vocal studies, music education (management of vocal-instrumental ensembles) and sound engineering. It is also entitled to grant the title of professor of music. The structure of the Academy Training at the different departments is rooted in the Academy's tradition and evolving structure. Hence some departments concentrate on one area of music only (Departments II-VI) whereas others combine several different areas (Department I, Bialystok Branch). Also some areas may be studied at several different departments (e.g., instrumental studies may be pursued at Departments II and III and the Bialystok Branch). The Home of the AMFC Located on the Vistula escarpment, the Academy's edifice was designed by W. Benedek, S. Niewiadomski and W. Strumillo (winners of an architectural competition). It was erected between 1960 and 1966. The building contains 62 sound-proof rooms for lectures and individual classes. There is a Concert Hall (486 seats), the Szymanowski Lecture Theatre adapted for film projections (155 seats), the Melcer Chamber Music Hall (196 seats and an organ), the Moniuszko Opera Hall (53 seats), a Rhythmics Room, three music recording and sound track studios, a Tuner's Studio, a Library and Reading Room, Rector's Offices, Deans' Offices, Management Offices, Guest Rooms, the "GAMA" Student Club, the School Canteen, and doctor's and dentist's clinics. There is also a music book shop and antiquarian book shop (foyer on the ground floor). Okolnik 2 St. 00-368 Warsaw tel. (48 22) 827 72 41 fax (48 22) 827 83 06 Dormitory "Dziekanka" Dormitory "Dziekanka" is the dormitory of the Academy of Music in Warsaw. It is situated at 58/60 Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street. tel.(48 22) 826 49 19, 826 40 11. There is also a Concert Hall for 150 seats. The Home of the Bialystok Branch The Branch has a three-storey building with a Concert Hall (170 seats), Chamber Music Hall (80 seats), Recording Studio, Organ Room (60 seats), Library and Sound Library. The Home of the Bialystok Branch The dormitory of the branch is located in close proximity to the school building which was built in 1995. The dormitory offers double rooms with a total of 56 beds. Kawaleryjska 5 St. 15-324 Bialystok tel. (48 85) 42 15 07, (48 85) 42 35 41 fax (48 85) 42 85 08 e-mail: rektorat@buteo.man.bialystok.pl