Offer - Junior Music Course (JMC) - two year learning course.
In the first month
First, the children listen and connect to the music.
There are 4 parts of the textbook in the JMC program entitled “PRIMARY", and their implementation takes 2 years. This means that one part is implemented on average for 5-6 months. First, children look at the pictures in the textbook and listen to music, which stimulates their imagination. They try to play only the note “to" to the accompaniment of the teacher, and at the same time gain positive experience and develop their interests.
After three months
Children play their first repertoire song.
Thanks to live singing and physical reaction to music, children experience the joy of creating music with their peers. Through these activities, they will also become familiar with the keyboard by playing simple finger exercises with accompaniment. The result is the ability to play several simple songs with one hand.
After half a year
Children play the first song with two hands.
For children, learning in a group not only gives great joy, but also stimulates team play and healthy competition. At this level, students start playing two hands and start learning different musical elements using the process “Listening => Singing => Playing".
After a year
Children can play melody accompaniment.
Until then, the children learned the key of C major, G major, F major and some basic chords in these keys. They can sing and play expressing the musical expression of the song. At the same time, they are encouraged to independently choose the appropriate chords (harmony) accompanying the melody – independent experimenting.
After two years
Children can sing and play using the right musical expression.
For two years, their repertoire songs became more and more difficult: first in the key of C major, then in G major and F major, and then in D minor and A minor. Students have learned to play with great musical expression (including mood and dynamics).
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.