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Characteristics of the Junior Music Course (JMC) program.

1. The development of children’s basic musical skills in the simplest and most natural way is based on the concept of education over a specific period of time to adapt methods to the level of development.

The JMC program takes into account the child’s physical, emotional and intellectual level of development, and the most appropriate teaching content, approach and style of classes are adapted to this. The YAMAHA company calls this education over a specific period of time.

The goal of the JMC program is to enable children to sing what they hear, play what they sing, and create their own songs or express musical expression using keyboard instruments.

2. Pupils are children aged 4-5.

In the first years of a child’s life, his hearing develops very quickly. Children are able to immediately remember the sounds and words heard for the first time in their lives. Therefore, if at this age they will come into contact with various musical genres by listening, singing and playing, they will gain a thorough foundation for the proper perception of music.

The age of 4 is the best time to develop basic musical skills.

Children learn solmisation names: do, re, me … like words.

They can recognize the location of different sounds / notes.

They are willing to express themselves in various ways.

3. Lessons take place in the classroom.

Children can learn many things by playing together with peers and family (group dynamics), and they are gradually able to understand it intellectually. Team play is also a unique advantage of group lessons because it develops hearing, strengthens social attitudes and teaches how to work with others (group play).

4. Parents’ participation in classes is essential.

Children and parents are able to enjoy music together during lessons. Children can learn in a friendly and safe environment. Parental involvement ensures that messages and skills provided in class are recorded at home.

Bartłomiej Karwański, Jakub Koza and Sylwia Makowska conduct the Junior Music Course at our school.

Bartłomiej Karwański

Instruments: drums, classical guitar, keyboards

He was educated in the Yamaha Music School system from the age of 4.

A graduate of the Music Academy in Poznań with the specialism of choral conducting.

In the years 2012-2019 he was the conductor of Schola Lednicka, while he also conducted the Choir and Orchestra during the World Youth Days in Krakow.

In his free time, he likes to ride his bike and play squash and volleyball.

He adores his family, with whom he loves to spend his free time.

Jakub Koza

Keyboard instruments.

Conductor, keyboard player, arranger. In 2022, he graduated with honors from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music. I.J. Paderewski in Poznań, majoring in choral conducting.

On a daily basis, he also fulfills himself as a culture manager and teacher. Associated as a chorister with the Paderewski Chamber Choir.

Since 2019, the second conductor – assistant in the JORDAN Choir and Orchestra. He conducts numerous workshops for choirs, schools and theater groups. Producer of cultural events, social activist.

Sylwia Makowska

She graduated with honors from the Academy of Music. I.J. Paderewski in Poznań in the field of music education and the Secondary State Secondary Music School in Częstochowa in the clarinet class.

She enjoys making music together. Already in high school, she had the opportunity to play in a sextet, with which she won numerous awards at national and international competitions and festivals, as well as in the school symphony orchestra, with which she performed, among others. on the stage of the National Philharmonic.

During her studies, she was associated with the Paderewski Chamber Choir, with which she won the grand prix and gold diploma in the 11th International Choir Competition and Festival in Toruń and took part in the 53rd Tolosako Abesbatza Lehiaketa (Spain) – one of the most prestigious choir competitions – competing with the best choirs in the world.

She conducts numerous workshops for children and students, as well as participates in courses and trainings.
Her greatest satisfaction is introducing the youngest into the multicolored spaces of music and watching their joy.