The Faculty of Creativity, Interpretation, Education and Music Production
The Composition and Music Theory Student Research Group
The Composition and Music Theory Student Research Group focuses mainly on theoretical-musical research and compositional pursuits. The Group’s activity involves, inter alia, meetings dedicated to the works of particular composers, currents and phenomena of the 20th- and 21st-century music, as well as organisation of concerts presenting compositions written by young composers belonging to the Group. The most significant achievements of recent years comprise a few presentations during Musical Forum of Artists and Scientists: the Tramwaj nr 8 [Tramway no. 8] and Barwy [Colors] projects, as well as the Piętro Wyżej [The Floor Above] concert as part of the Music-Media-Marketing Conference. What makes an annual tradition is “The (theoretically) Compositional Concert”, during which works written at counterpoint and harmony classes are performed. The Group members also participate in all-Polish and international academic conferences.
Another, equally important field of the Group’s activity is participation in the “Musica Moderna” sessions. Students, twice a year, have an opportunity to take part in the event as composers, performers and active audience members – commentators. As part of after-concert discussions, students get familiar with the rudiments of music criticism, thus learning to formulate opinions on the pieces they have just heard. Also, they frequently get a chance to query the composers.
The Composition and Music Theory Student Research Group members are students of the two fields of study, as well as students of new specializations: Film Music Scoring and Music in Media. The Group’s formula is open – those willing to participate in meetings are most welcome.
- Supervision – Maciej Walczak, MA, Maciej Kabza, MA
- President – Wojciech Glądys
- Vice-president – Olga Pasek
- Secretary – Antonina Wiatr
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The Conducting Students Research Group
The Group brings together students, academics and anyone interested in the art of conducting. The aim of the Group’s activities is, above all, to promote the art of conducting in the academic community and outside its areas. The members of the Group organize: workshops, internships, concerts, lectures and scientific sessions, meetings with authorities in the field of conducting (symphonic and operatic and choral). During the meetings of the Group, discussions on current topics in musical and cultural life are held, and its members go to concerts, courses, conferences and scientific sessions. In the academic year 2021/2022, members of the Group took part in the spring project of the Polish National Youth Choir, working under the supervision of Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny and Pascal Rophé. The Scientific Society of Conductors also organized a trip to the 18th prof. Stanisław Kulczyński National Competition for Choir Conductors in Poznań and to the Marin Alsop concert in the NOSPR concert hall.
- Supervision – dr hab. Dawid Ber, prof. AM
- President – Michał Włodarczyk
- Vice-Presidents – Natalia Nicowska, Wiktoria Raczyńska
- Secretary – Justyna Góralczyk
- Member of the board for social media – Katarzyna Jakubowicz
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The Young Music Pedagogues Research Group
The Group commenced its activity in 2016 as a successor of the then Music Education Student Research Group. The aim of the Group is to arouse interest in scientific and research work in the field of music pedagogy. Students get involved in the propagation of art music among children and young people, animation of academic and artistic life at the Academy through conferences and concerts, as well as promotion of culture. The Group’s members take part in lectures and meetings with specialists from various disciplines: pedagogy, conducting, vocal art, art animation and voice production.
- Supervision – dr Ewa Kumik, prof. AM
- President – Agata Sobieszek
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The Eurhythmics and Improvisation Student Research Group
The Group was founded in the academic year of 2017/2018. The Group members are involved in artistic, academic and promotional activity. Its founders created a platform on which they can exchange thoughts, share their experiences and inspire each other. The main objectives of the Group comprise developing knowledge, sharing it, undertaking their own scientific initiatives, experimenting and searching for choreographic and musical ideas in their own choreographies.
The Group members organize meetings, workshops with invited guests, outings to concerts and theatres. They successfully collaborate with other student research groups operating at the Academy, just to mention Z opery na Broadway [From Opera to Broadway] project developed together with the Opera Lovers Student Research Group.
Feel welcome to join us!
- Supervision – dr Barbara Dominiak
- President – Małgorzata Burzyńska
- Vice-president – Jadwiga Sadurska
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The Music Journalism and Criticism Group
What makes music good or bad? And how to evaluate it? How to talk about music and how to get people to actually listen to what you are saying about? And finally, how to describe music in the most charming way? If you want to get answers to even more questions, join us! Music and media in the 21st century remain inseparable. In the Music Journalism and Criticism Group you will explore the secrets of the written and spoken word, gain insight into music criticism and know the principles of music journalism. In addition, you will discover fundamentals of good promotion and organization of artistic or scientific events. We acquire knowledge from practice – we cooperate with people from the world of media, representing music criticism, journalism (online, press, radio, television), PR, production or management. Every year we organize a scientific conference Music – Media – Marketing, inviting the most prominent experts in these three subjects who provide lectures and workshops. So far we have been visited by, among others, Marcin Majchrowski, Dorota Kozińska, Adam Suprynowicz, Kinga A. Wojciechowska, Piotr Metz, Magda Miśka-Jackowska, Mateusz Ciupka, Piotr Matwiejczuk i Robert Kamyk. The Music Journalism and Criticism Group (formerly “Piąte Koło u Wozu”) was founded and is formed by students of Music in Media specialization, but all newcomers who would like to improve their skills and develop their knowledge are more than welcome.
Join us!
- Supervision – dr Małgorzata Sułek
- President – Agnieszka Szynk
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The Artistic Entrepreneurship Students Research Group
We look at artistic activity from the business side. Thanks to the activity of the group, students of all specializations can develop skills that will help them to find their own career path.
What's more, the professional plan will take into account the issues of earnings.
The core activity of the group is cooperation with other universities and cultural institutions in order to create a network of industry contacts and mutual promotion of activities. Every person is welcome to join our team. We invite you to regular workshops, seminars and training in the field of entrepreneurship. Information about upcoming events is available in our social media.
- Supervision – mgr Aleksandra Bęben
- President – Rafał Lenartowicz
- Vice-President – Iwo Tylman
- Secretary – Maria Stefańska
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The Faculty of Instrumental Performance
The Piano Students Research Group
The Group consists of piano students of the Academy of Music in Łódź. The aim of the Group is to develop knowledge and improve skills in terms of piano art. Students participate in music concerts, seminars and lectures given by such outstanding pianists as Sofia Guliak, Kevin Kenner, Wolfgang Manz or Jura Margulis. The Group members take part in concerts as performers and listeners. During meetings they hold discussions on music performance and recordings. The Group actively cooperates with organisations comprising student pianists from the Academy of Music in Cracow and the F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. The joint project of the three Groups, Cieszyńskie spotkania z muzyką, was awarded in the StRuNa-Art category at the all-Poland StRuNa2019 competition for authors and promoters of the best scientific projects developed by graduate and postgraduate students.
If you want to join the Piano Student Research Group of the Academy of Music in Łódź, please contact the managing board via email address or Facebook.
- Supervision – dr hab. Wojciech Kubica
- Board – Alicja Czarnecka, Wiktoria Kochman, Rozanna Granda, Maciej Łobos
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The Organ Student Research Group
The Organ Student Research Group is affiliated to the Institute of Harpsichord, Organ, Church Music and Early Instruments, and consists of both organ students and organ music lovers. The aim of the Group is to spread knowledge and to deepen interests in organ music, as well as to promote organ class students’ achievements. The Group members actively participate in various concerts, artistic projects and hold concerts during which they present their skills and share experiences. By their participation in courses and organ-related trips, students also integrate with members of similar research groups from Polish and European music universities.
- Supervision – mgr Radosław Kuliberda, mgr Łukasz Mosur
- President – Anna Chowaniec
- Vice-president – Kinga Tomczak
- Media – Damian Posiła, Kinga Tomczak
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The “Café Bruce” Harpsichord and Early Music Student Research Group
The Harpsichord and Early Music Student Research Group was founded in October 2017 as an initiative of harpsichord and early instruments students and pedagogues of the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź.
The Group’s name is a combination of the name of a famous establishment in Leipzig, where in the 18th century weekly concerts of the Collegium Musicum (directed by Johann Sebastian Bach himself) were held, and the name of Bruce Kennedy who built the Academy’s harpsichord. The Group members are involved in promoting early music, organizing presentations, academic conferences, lectures and concerts either on original, period instruments, or their exact copies.
- Supervision – dr hab. Ewa Rzetecka-Niewiadomska
- President – Lena Nowakowska
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The Oboe Student Research Group
The Oboe Student Research Group affiliated to the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź actively develops its activity under the supervision of dr hab. Agata Piotrowska-Bartoszek. The Group consists of oboe students and pedagogues of the Academy, as well as the Academy’s alumni. The aim of the Group is to popularize oboe and related instruments (English horn and the oboe d’amore), present students and pedagogues, as well as encourage young oboists to commence studying at our Academy.
Come and join us!
- Supervision – dr hab. Agata Piotrowska-Bartoszek
- President – Damian Szymczyk
- Vice-president – Magdalena Basaj
- Secretary – Ewelina Gut
- Treasurer – Paulina Wdowiak
- Social media – mgr Natalia Kok
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The Clarinet Student Research Group
The Clarinet Student Research Group comprises clarinet students and pedagogues of the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź. The aim of the Group is to develop knowledge and students’ skills of clarinet performance, as well as promote music through organization of concerts at, inter alia, higher education institutions, schools, parishes, kindergartens, nursing homes, etc. Students take part in concerts, seminars, lectures, courses and competitions. During meetings students hold discussions on instruments, mouthpieces, reeds, concerts, recordings, etc.
- Supervision – dr hab. Robert Stefański
- President – Agata Sobieszek
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The Saxophone Student Research Group
The Saxophone Student Research Group has been functioning since September 2019. The aim of the Group is to develop the knowledge of saxophone history and literature, popularize the instrument and master performing technique through participation in concerts, workshops and seminars. Students organize discussion panels, master classes with guest specialists and give performances. The Group consists of saxophone students of the Academy of Music in Łódź, although every student of our Academy can join the Group. Just contact the Group’s board or Supervisor, get familiar with our statutes and next fill in a membership application.
We wish to collaborate with other research groups at the Academy and … not only. Join us!
Supervision – prof. dr hab. Paweł Gusnar
President – Iga Drąg
Vice-president – Justyna Sołtysik
Secretary – Maria Pełczyk
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The Accordion Student Research Group
The Accordion Student Research Group affiliated to the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź pursues a lively activity under the direction of dr hab. Leszek Kołodziejski. The Group comprises accordion students and pedagogues. The aim of the Group is to popularize accordion and present students’ and pedagogues’ achievements, as well as encourage young accordionists to continue their accordion education at the Academy of Music in Łódź. Students participate in on-site concerts, presentations, seminars and lectures given by renowned musical personalities. During meetings they listen to accordion pieces, discuss concerts and recordings. The Group’s activity contributes to the development of students’ academic and artistic life.
Come and join us!
- Supervision – dr hab. Leszek Kołodziejski
- President – Maciej Reizer
- Treasurer – Bartłomiej Białczak
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The Guitar Student Research Group
The Guitar Student Research Group encompasses guitar students of the Academy of Music in Łódź. Its activity is based on teamwork. The Group members cooperate with other guitar student research groups at music academies in Poland. They organize exchange concerts, participate in various workshops and collectively develop their performing skills, based on shared experiences.
- Supervision – dr hab. Maciej Staszewski, prof. AM
- President – Kalina Polańska
- Vice-president – Maksym Niewczas
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The Art and Percussion Chamber Music Students Research Group
The Group brings together students of the Percussion Department of the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz University of Music in Łódź. It conducts artistic, scientific and cultural activities, which focus on expanding knowledge and deepening interests related to percussion art in the field of solo, chamber and orchestral playing. It deals with: organizing events based on cooperation with other societies, departments and universities; improving students' skills through their participation in numerous workshops, courses and seminars; promoting students' abilities during concerts and artistic projects, both as soloists and as The Bacewicz Percussion Ensemble.
- Supervision – prof. dr. hab. Piotr Sutt
- President – Szymon Brillowski
- Vice-President – Dagmara Karandys
- Secretary – Patrycja Urbańska
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The Faculty of Performing Arts
The Opera Lovers Research Group
A large and positive group of students – not only from the Faculty of Performing Arts, incredibly creative, full of ideas, zeal for work and good vibes. The aim of the Group is to broaden the knowledge of opera through concerts, conferences and art-related trips. In the Year of Moniuszko, the Group prepared the concert Moniuszko – arie i pieśni [Moniuszko – arias and songs] shown at the Academy of Music in Łódź and the Municipal Community Centre in Radomsko. Students successfully developed the project Z opery na Broadway [From Opera to Broadway], premiered on 10th April 2019 as part of the 3rd Musical Forum of Young Scientists and Artists. In the project, the Group members reached for the musical theatre repertoire to highlight the differences between opera and musical theatre. The Group actively collaborates with students of other specializations.
- Supervision
dr hab. Beata Stróżyńska, prof. AM - President
Magdalena Halaba - Vice-president for artistic affairs
Julia Glubińska - Vice-president for organisational affairs
Patryk Wnuk - Treasurer
Agnieszka Łazarowicz
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The Chamber Music Performers Research Group
The main objective of the Group – chamber music performance – stems from the tradition of a musical salon. By being introduced to the legacy of the 19th-century music literature, students search for inspiration in vocal chamber music and vocal-instrumental ensembles. When joining the Group, those keen on chamber collaboration become active performers. The outcomes of the Group’s meetings, actually connected with working on a piece, are presented in public. Although the Group members perform traditional pieces, they are also open to new possibilities and needs, hence creative transcriptions and arrangements they prepare.
The Group has an interdepartmental character.
Vocalists, instrumentalists and composers are most welcome to join us and cooperate with us!
- Supervision – dr Dorota Brolik-Bekrycht
- President – Klaudia Kosik
- Vice-president – Wioletta Liber
- Secretaries – Kinga Czech, Marta Lasecka
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The “Śliska Błyskawica” Musical Student Research Group
The “Śliska Błyskawica” [Slippery Lightning] Student Research Group is an initiative of students from Musical specialization of the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź. The Group consists of young people, energetic and zealous, sharing passion for dramatic-musical theatre forms. The key aim of the Group is to develop and apply in practice the skills acquired while studying – producing shows, concerts, performances and artistic events, building up professional awareness, as well as collaborating with cultural and educational institutions. One of the most spectacular achievements is a multiple presentation of their own, original performance Dlaczego Maciek nie poszedł do nieba [Why didn’t Maciek go to heaven?], in the production of which the Group members were co-responsible for not only stage work but also direction, stage design, costumes and choreography, as well as organizational and promotional activities.
- Supervision – mgr Martyna Henke
- President – Maja Korbiel
- Vice-president – Tomasz Wierzba
- Secretaries – Karolina Szeleś, Łukasz Walczak
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The Faculty of Jazz and Popular Music
The “Miłośnicy Popkultury” Student Research Group of the Stage Vocals Institute
The “Miłośnicy Popkultury” [Pop Culture Lovers] Research Group is an initiative comprising pop music vocal students of the Academy of Music in Łódź. The Group members are given a chance to combine numerous areas of stage vocals and work on pieces in various styles – from pop music and rock ballads, through soul, jazz or Latino, up to art song. The main objective of the Group is to promote broadly understood stage vocals in different artistic forms and projects both within and outside an academic environment through organization of workshops, concerts, presentations, lectures, conferences and academic sessions, as well as by cooperation with other cultural or educational institutions and research groups operating at the Academy. “The Pop Culture Lovers” also organize debates on current topics related to musical and cultural life, hold meetings with prominent figures in the world of pop music, pop culture and show business, as well as prepare trips to concerts, festivals, vocal workshops.
Supervision – dr hab. Anna Kamalska
President – Izabela Makiel
Vice-president – Kuba Anusiewicz
Secretary – Maryla Modzelan
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