CHILDREN'S UNIVERSITY OF ARTS: Can classical music be fun?

15.03, godz. 10:00–14:00 — zajęcia w podziale na grupy
Sala Elektorska MIK
Wydarzenie płatne: 120 zł (wykład i warsztaty)

Registration via application form: application form

Guardians of children who need supporting tools to participate in the classes (e.g. a Polish sign language interpreter, an induction loop) are asked to report these needs to the project coordinator:
Milena Szabelewska
tel. 601 668 490
m.szabelewska@mik.waw.pl

Lecture – Can classical music be fun?
We invite children into the world of classical music. But is it really always “classical” in the solemn sense? During the meeting we will jointly consider whether classical music must always be dignified and ceremonious, or whether it can also be playful and surprising. Children will learn pieces by great composers who were not afraid to joke in their works – Haydn, Mozart and Rossini. They will find out how everyday sounds, animals or human emotions can be imitated on different instruments.

• Workshop I – The upside-down orchestra - What happens if the clarinet sounds like percussion, the conductor dances, and the whole orchestra plays backwards? Participants will create an "upside-down orchestra": improvisation, new rules, conducting each other and building a piece together. Inspirations will include fragments of classical works performed in an unusual way.
• Workshop II – Music makes faces - Can music smile, get angry, be surprised or pout? Children will discover pieces that “make faces” – through rhythm, melody and timbre they convey emotions and stories. Together we will try to imitate them with movement, gesture and sound. The classes will be full of laughter, improvisation and active listening.

Leaders:

• Tomasz Januchta – double bassist of the orchestra of the Grand Theatre – National Opera in Warsaw; from 2006 to 2022 double bassist of the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. He performs as a soloist and collaborates with chamber ensembles; he realizes premieres and recordings of contemporary Polish composers. He also works as an improviser, experimenter and composer. In 2021 he carried out the project “Forgotten Transcription” (arrangement of J.S. Bach’s cello suites for double bass) and published recordings of those suites. He teaches double bass at the State Music School in Żyrardów.
• Dagna Sadkowska – violinist, music educator, soloist and chamber musician. Graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw; co‑founder and member of the ensemble Kwartludium. She has numerous performances and premieres of works by contemporary composers and appearances at festivals (e.g. the Festival of Premieres in Katowice, Warsaw Autumn). For 15 years she has worked as a music educator, is the author of the task collection “Creative meetings with contemporary music” and leads creative workshops for children and youth. She is the artistic director of the Young Orchestra of the New Theatre in Warsaw and the curator of Warszawska Jesień Klubowo.
• Michał Górczyński – clarinettist and composer, graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music. He focuses on improvisation and interpretation of contemporary music; he is a co‑founder of the ensemble Kwartludium. He implements the project “Music for languages”, creating original music for words in Yiddish, Japanese, Persian and Indonesian poetry.

Patronage: Magazyn „Świerszczyk”, Polskie Radio Dzieciom