Dirigent och ledare för kören är Koroleva Nina
Pianist är Shuhorukova Anna.
Kören består av mellan 15 och 19 år gamla studenter från
Moskvas musikpedagogiska skola. Kören deltar i tävlingar och
festivaler, och har gett mycket uppskattade konserter i Moskva och andra
städer. Av de fem internationella tävlingar kören har deltagit har den
vunnit tävlingarna i Grekland och Tyskland, tagit tredje plats i Spanien
och Grand Prix i Israel. Kören vann också den internationella
musiktävling ”Jul Praha” i Tjeckien i december 2005.
Körens föreställningar i St-Petersburg, Kaliningrad (Ryssland), Yalta
(Ukraina) har blivit stora succeer. Det bästa från rysk, västeuropeisk,
folk, kyrklig och klassisk musik finns i körens repertoar.
Nina Koroleva som är dirigent för kören studerade i Moskvas
konservatorium (1983). Hon undervisar både på skolan och konservatoriet.
Anna Suhorukova som också är lärare på skolan gick ut från Novgorods
konservatorium i 2004.
CHILDREN CHOIR OF MOSCOW MUSIC PEDAGOGICAL SKOLA
The Music Pedagogical College is situated in Moscow in the oldest
and picturesque part of the city, which is called Lefortovo. It was
founded in 1983. Children aged between 4 and 6 come here to join the
preparatory department. Then from age of 7 to 15 they study at the first
stage of the College which provides general and musical education. The
children get general education of humanities and natural sciences, as
well as a deep knowledge of musical subjects – solfeggio and piano
playing, violin, violoncello, guitar and wind instruments.
After finishing the first stage students enter the College where
they study up to age of 19 and have an opportunity to continue getting
musical education. A love for choir singing helps most children choose
their profession in future – a musician or a choir conductor. Here they
may choose one of the following departments: the choral singing, the
musical pedagogical department or the library management department,
which is of special interest. The students get secondary and special
musical education.
Highly qualified teachers work at our Music School and College.
They love children and know how to develop their creative abilities.
All the children are singing in the choirs. There are five main
choirs in the College:
- The Firstform Choir
(aged 7)
- The Junior Choir
(aged between 8 and 9)
- The Children’s Big
Choir (aged between 11 and 14)
- The Student’s Choir
(aged between 15 and 18)
All
children choir lessons are given twice a week fir two hours. The
Children’s Big Choir is comprised of children from four grades: fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth forms. They have an opportunity to sing in the
choir for four years, during which the senior students help the younger
ones to master the programme and become a good singers. He Choir’s
conductor is the Laureate of International competitions – Tatiana V.
Leonova, the Choir’s assistant – Anzelma D. Labokaite, Svetlana A.
Averkina, the accompanist is the Laureate of International competitions
– Olga A. Dmitrieva.
Tatiana V. Leonova – conductor; in 1988 graduated from the State
Conservatoire named after M.I.Glinka (Nizhniy Novgorod). She began to
work with children’s choirs in 1983. She has been working for the
College since 1996 as the head of the Children’s Big Choir, choir
conducter. Also she has been running a course of choir conducting.
The singers of the Children’s Big Choir are brought up to be
familiar with classical music of Russian and foreign composers such as
J.S.Bach, W.A.Mozart, J.Brahms, F.Schubert, R.Schuman, G.Persell,
G.Perdolesi, G.Verdi, F.Mendelssohn, P.Chaikovsky, M.Ippolitov-Ivanov,
R.Glier, C.Quyee, A.Gretchaninov, N.Rimsky-Korsakov, V.Kalinnikov,
A.Dargomyshsky, ets., as well as modern music – V.Rubin, E.Podgaitz,
Y.Dubravin, ets. In their repertoire there are a lot of interpretations
of folk songs.
Twice a year – traditional winter and summer choir camps for
children to have a rest and sing. Creative trips and workshops with
other choirs are organized as well as participation in concerts, Russian
and International choir festivals and competitions. The Children’s Choir
has performed in Moscow concert halls, traveled to St.Peterburg with
creative trip.
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