Best Educational Programs: ART OF FOLK SINGING

MEDVEDEVA, Marina Vasilevna

Head of the Department

 

Awards and achievements of the educational program. International professional-public accreditation (Certificate 1341-08-A022.1 of March 21, 2014).

Russian Gnessin Academy of Music offers some more best educational programs in the field of Culture and Arts.

Teaching staff. Students of the department major in Choral Folk Singing. The teachers of the department are directors of state professional folk singing ensembles (the Kuban Cossack Choir, the North Russian Folk Choir), directors and vocalists of folk song state Theaters (the Russian Song Folklore Theater, the Vladimir Nazarov Theater). The teaching staff include one Doctor of Sciences, four Candidates of Sciences, three holders of the title of People’s Artists of the Russian Federation, three Honored Artists of the Russian Federation, two Honored Cultural Workers of the Russian Federation and one Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

Academy partners within the educational program. Mongolian State University of Culture and Arts (a major in Solo Folk Singing in Mongolia, Ulan Bator), the Kazakh National Conservatory named after Kurmangazy (a major in National Instrument), Belarusian State Academy of Music.

Alumni’s achievements. The alumni of the department include N.G. Babkina, Artistic Director of the Russian Song Ensemble, a holder of the title of People’s Artist of the Russian Federation; A.P. Litvinenko, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation; N.N. Kadysheva, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, a soloist of the Golden Ring Ensemble; L.G. Riumina, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, the founder and irreplaceable director of Moscow State Ensemble “Rus;” V.S. Deviatov, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, and many other famous performers.

Facilities and resources. The dormitory is equipped with rehearsal rooms, a gym and an auditorium. The equipment for specialized classrooms complies with the established standards. There is state-of-the-art recording audio and video equipment. There are four concert halls. The library and record library fund related to the educational program is regularly replenished and completed with new print media, audio and video recordings.

Opportunities for students. Students undertake their internship in the Kuban Cossack Choir, the North Russian Folk Choir, the Russian Song Folklore Theater, the Vladimir Nazarov Theater, the Academic Choirs of Russian Song “Songs of Russia” and “Slavonic Melodies,” the Ryazan Russian Folk Choir named after E. Popov, the Moscow Folk Culture Center under the direction of L. Riumina. The department hosts All-Russian festival competitions “Young Talents of Russia” and “VechnyeIstoki” (Eternal Origins), and regularly hosts all-Russian research and practical conferences devoted to folk song performance and education.

Employment prospects. Director of professional or amateur folk choir, director of vocal ensemble, performer of solo, ensemble and choral voice parts, teacher at a children’s music school and children’s school of art.