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University of Szeged
Gyula Juhász Teachers’ Training College
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Music Department
I. 1. Brief Introduction and History of the Department:
Our department was founded in 1928. The first leader was Endre Szögi (Szeghy) composer, conductor, researcher in folk music, doctor of philosophy and professor. He was followed by Béla Avasi (composer, researcher, teacher of music theory, holder of candidate’s degree). After Lajos Monoki, who was a violin teacher and a conductor, Sándor Bárdi, singer and teacher of singing took over the department. In 1999 Noémi Maczelka, pianist, became the leader.
Very important artists took part in the education work of our department, artists who gained much respect and fame in their special field, such as Oszkár Frank, researcher, composer and music-writer, Pál Kardos and Éva Rozgonyi choir masters, recipients of Liszt-prizes, Dr. György Mihálka conductor, recipient of Magister Emeritus-prize, Bogáta Berényi conductor, Imre Szendrei, István Nagy, Orsolya Szabó and Klára Frank pianists, Éva Gábor and Gabriella Veszely, singers.
Several of the present teachers of the department have gained international recognition:
Jancsovics Antal, conductor, Liszt-prize recipient, has performed in many concerts and has made many recordings in Hungary as well as abroad. He has specialized in the art of Andreas Rauch.
Ordasi Péter, the leader of the Kardos Pál Women’s Choir, has won prizes in international competitons and has delivered a course on the Kodály Method in Japan together with Vass Irén.
Dr. Dombi Józsefné dr. Kemény Erzsébet, holder of candidate’s degree, lecturer at international conferences, and author of several books, is specialized in assessing musical abilities. She also appears on stage as a pianist.
Szabady Józsefné dr. Békési Magdolna is a singer and has written her candidate’s thesis in the history of the education of singing.
Bárdi Sándor, who appears in a lot of performances abroad, is the founder of the Szeged Kisopera (Short Opera Studio) and has presented some pieces for the first time in Hungary.
So has Maczelka Noémi, who also appears on stage as a pianist both in Hungary and abroad.
The scientific activity of Dr. Erõs Istvánné dr. Haincz Erzsébet is of national importance: she is a member of the Committee for Teachers’ Postgraduate Training, has worked out the basic exam in general knowledge and the curriculum of studies.
Csanádi László, organist, participates frequently in interntional concerts and teaches organ and theory of music in our department.
Kovács Gábor specializes in Baroque and Renaissance music. He is one of the few people in Hungary who deal with the research, history and teaching of Baroque dances. He delivers courses abroad and in Hungary and is a choreographer and choir leader as well.
Varjasi Gyula choir master and singer, is the winner of international prizes with his choir.
The department has 14 full-time and 3 part-time teachers, one administrator who manages the library and about 120 students in the four years. Our musical library is unique in the town of Szeged. We have 12 pianos, 9 pianinos, 2 organs, 1 synthesiser, 1 clavicembalo, 6 violins, 3 violas, 3 cellos, 2 contrabass, 6 zithers, and one set of Baroque flutes.
We have 2 video recorders, a hi-fi set, portable CD players, one photocopy machine and 3 computers at our disposal to assist us in teaching.
Our students must choose one of the following faculties together with singing and music:
Chorus leading
English
German
Hungarian
Library
Mathematics
The language of minorities (German, Romanian, Slovakian)
Italian (from the academic year 2001/2002)
French (from the academic year 2001/2002)
Russian (from the academic year 2001/2002)
Cultural-manager (from the academic year 2001/2002)
The department has two choirs, the Women’s Choir is led by Ordasi Péter and the Mixed Choir by Kovács Gábor. Monoki Lajos leads a folk music group and one can learn to play the violin with him.
The Scientific and Artistic Association of Students enter a competition every year and it usually becomes a national event. The short opera studio comprising students studying singing and choir leading (led by Bárdi Sándor), works within the framework of this students’ association. They deliver their performances as the final exam every year.
2.Programs and Course Offerings:
The courses are: Solmization, Music Theory, Chorus Management, Reading Orchestral Scores, Methodology, Music History, Folk Music and Dance, Health of Voice, The Instruments of the Orchestra, Baroque and Renaissance Music and Dance, and Choir. Individual lessons can be: piano, organ, singing.
3.Additional Research Areas:
In addition to their teaching responsibilities our staff hold concerts throughout Hungary and abroad and they are actively involved in theoretical research. Major fields of research conducted at the department:
- Development of tests for musical abilities and skills
- Biography of Szeghy Endre
- Biography of Bódás Péter
- Development of the NAT Musical Module
- The History of Teaching Music
- The Art of Andreas Rauch
- Formal and Harmonic Features of 20th century Hungarian Choral Work
- Folkmusic and life
In 1998 the Department was introduced to a delegation from the University of Toledo who showed a deep interest in the Kodály Concept and Hungarian folk music. We could then offer them these further areas of study:
- Practical use of the Kodály Concept
- Hungarian Folk Music
- Contemporary Hungarian music concentrating on the choir and piano works of Hungarian composers
- Choirworks of Kocsár and Orbán
II. Short biography of some of our teachers
1.Maczelka, Noémi
Leader of the Music Department
Associate Professor
Pianist
Education: 1983-1986 JATE (Attila József University) BTK, Szeged, Pedagogical
Faculty
1976-1979 LFZF (Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music) Budapest, Piano Faculty
1973-1976 LFZF (Ferenc Liszt College of Music) Szeged, Piano, Solfege
Masterclasses: Pál Kadosa (1970), Malcolm Bilson (1978), Tamás Vásáry
(1979) Budapest; Francois Glorieux (1978) Antwerpen, František Rauch
(1979) Prague, Teofil Bikis (1996) Luxembourg, Livia Rév, Paris.
Qualifications: Pedagogical lecturer
Pianist
Piano-teacher, solfege-teacher
Degrees: 1999 - DLA - course
Work Experience: 1982 - JGYTF Musical Faculty, Szeged
1979 - JATE Conservatorium of Music, Szeged
1979-1982 Musical High School, Szeged
1978, 1976, 1975 Open-air Festival, Szeged
1978-1979 Chamber music orchestra “Budapest”
1977 - Madách Theatre, Budapest
1975 - National Theatre, Szeged
Research Fields: Piano - recitals
Methodology of piano-teaching
History of piano-teaching methodology
Motivation in piano-teaching
Pianists of Szeged
Professional Accomlishments:
Book: In memoriam Bódás Péter, JGYTF, 1999.
Lecture at Conference: National Symposium of Vocal Art at Academia
de Musica “Gheorge Dima” Cluj-Napoca: The Songs of Béla Bartók
from the view-point of a piano-accompanist.
Recitals: Hungary, Germany, Italy
Concerts with orchestra: Works of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt,
Rachmaninoff
World-premiere of Hungarian composers
Chambermusic, piano-accompaniment
Artist prizes: 1st prize in the two piano competition and individual prize in Italy - 1986 Casale Monferrato
Artisjus – prize for playing Hungarian contemporary music
Membership in Professional Societies:
EPTA (European Pianoteachers’ Association)
Vantus-Association, Szeged
Language Competence: English, German, French, Italian, Russian
2.Dr. Elisabeth Kemény Mrs. Dr. Dombi CsC
Professor
Education: Ferenc Liszt College of Music Szeged
Attila József University Department of Pedagogy - 1977
Qualifications: Pedagogical lecturer
Piano teacher, solfege teacher
Degrees: Doctoral Dissertation: Measures of musical ability - 1980. Szeged
Doctor of philisophy (PhD) - 1994. Budapest
Work Experience: Gyula Juhász Teacher Training College
Department of Music and Singing, - professor
address: Hattyas sor 10:
Szeged
Hungary - 6725
tel: 36 62 45 60 49
e-mail: dombi5@freemail.hu
Research Fields: Investigation of musical ability
Comparative musical testing
Piano - recitals
Professional Accomplishments (publications):
Comparative musical testing - 1992. Szeged - awarded 1st
prize by Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences Szeged
In the memory of the death on the 10th anniversary of the
excellent pianist and teacher - 1993. Szeged - awarded 1st prize by
Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Szeged
Artist prizes: 1st prize in the two piano competition in Italy - 1986. Casale
Monferrato
Conference participation:
USA, Germany, Hungary
Countries where concerts were held (solo, chamber music, accompaniment):
Hungary, Greece, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy
Membership in Professional Spcieties: ISME, ZETA
Languange Competence: English, German, Russian
3.Kovács, Gábor
Assistant
Education: 1985-90 Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest - choir conducting,
Music theory
1992-93 Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London (LGSM) Renaissance
and baroque dance and gesture
Masterclasses: Jan Boeke (1985-90) Sopron
Madeleine Inglehearn (1992) London
Ken Pierce (1993) London
Erika Schneiter (1994) Basel
Qualifications: Choir conductor
Teacher of conducting, solfege and music theory
Teacher and performer of renaissance and baroque dance
Work Experience: 1990-91 Secondary School of Music, Pécs
1991-96 Teachers’ Training College, Szombathely
1992-93 Heatfield School, Ascot (England)
1996- JATE Conservatorium of Music, Szeged
1998-99 Szent István Secondary School of Music, Budapest
1997- Budapest Pedagogical Institute
1998- Teachers’ Training College, Szeged
Research Fields: 15-16th century vocal and chamber music (history and performance
practice)
Renaissance and baroque dance and stage gesture (history and
performance practice)
Professional Accomplishments:
Books: Renaissance Dances, Budapest, 1997
Baroque Dances, Budapest, 1999
Articles: Dances of the Renaissance (Fejlesztõ Pedagógia, 1997/2-3)
Historical Dances By The Was (Új Pedagógiai Szemle, 1998)
Lectures:
Renaissance and Baroque authors on historical dance
(Homoród, 1993)
The way of teaching historical dances (Day of Methodology,
Budapest, 1996)
On Historical Dances and their musical concordances (Early
Music Summer Academy, Szombathely, 1996)
G. Ph. Telemann: 12 Fantasies for Flute solo (National Flutists’
Meeting, Hódmezõvásárhely, 1997)
J.S.Bach: Suites for cello (Early Music Summer Academy
Szombathely, 1997)
J.S.Bach: Partiten (As guest at Masterclass of Dénes
Zsigmondy, Kecskemét 1998)
Teaching at international early music courses:
Budapest (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
Miercurea Ciuc (1991, 1994, 1996)
Debrecen (1994-95)
Gyõr (1996-98)
Kolozsvár (1992-1993,1994,1995,1996)
Miskolc (1997-98)
Szeged (1995, 1996)
Székesfehérvár (1998)
Musica Historica aqud Danubium, Szentendre(1994, 1995,1996)
Stams (1996)
Early Music Summer Academy, Szombathely (1993, 1996,
1997, 1998)
17th International Early Music Workshop, Jerusalem (1999)
Concerts: Hungary, England, Austria, Germany, Poland, Switzerland,
Holland, France, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, France, Israel
Artistic Directing:
Mixed Choir of Budapest University of Economy (1989-90)
Vocal Ensemble “I Vagabondi” (1993-97)
“Trabuchetto” Historical Dance Group (1995-)
“Amaryllis” Historical Dance Group (1991-)
“Primavera” Historical Dance Group (1994-95)
“Al Fresco Consort” (1998-)
Membership of Professional Societies: NEMA (National Early Music Association), England
Eurpoean Association of Dance Historians
Language Competence: English, German
3.Ordasi, Péter
Associate Professor
Conductor of the Pál Kardos female choir, Szeged.
Born 1948, Budapest.
Studied piano at the Bartók Béla Musical Secondary School in Budapest.
His teacher in choir-conducting was Pál Kardos at the Teacher Training College in Szeged, and later István Párkai and Zoltán Vásárhelyi at the Academy of Music in Budapest. In 1975 started teaching at the Kodály Musical Secondary School in Kecskemét, and conducted child and youth mixed choirs. In 1981 and 1984 he was invited to Japan to teach solfege and choir-conducting at the Kodály-seminars in Sapporo, organized by the Japan Kodály Society.
Since 1982 he has been an associate professor at the Teachers’ Traning College in Szeged. He teaches choir-conducting and theory of music. Since 1983 he has been the conductor of the 2nd Female Choir of the Teachers’ Training College, which group bears the name of Pál Kardos since April 1991.
He became professor of choir-conducting in 1992, while retaining his earlier job at the Teacher Training College. Since 1 December 1992 he has been director of the Béla Bartók Musical High School at Békéscsaba.
Since 1997 he has been associate professor of the Teacher Training College, and leads the Pál Kardos female choir.
4.Szabadyné Békési Magdolna dr. CsC
Professor
Education: Private tutoring,
1983-1986 JATE (Attila József University) BTK, Szeged, Pedagogical
Faculty
Qualification: Musician and Music Teacher (Singing)
Degrees: Candidacy (Higher then PhD) issued by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Work Experience: Teaching Vocalist, thesis writing,
Research fields:
History of tutoring music in Hungary
Theory of phonetics and pronounciation
Professional accomplishments:
Writing articles from results of research field in journal of methodology
Giving lectures
Membership in Professional Societies:
Association of Music Teachers of the school of Art and Music
Language Competence: German, English