Music in Public Space

• Programme: theory, instruments and ensembles
• Specialisation: three specialties
• Exchanges: guest professors and exchanges
• After graduation: culture institutions and the stage

Music in Public Space at Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa (UJD) is a three-year Bachelor's programme (first-cycle) with a general academic profile, taught in English at the Faculty of Arts. It is meant for musicians who want both to develop as artists and to animate musical life – through concerts, events and projects of their own design.

Programme: theory, instruments and ensembles

Classes are held in small groups. You study the history of music, including jazz and popular music, train your auditory skills and learn harmony, the basics of composition, arranging and improvisation. You have individual contact with teachers of various instruments – for example piano, accordion, pipe organ, percussion, guitar and violin – and you also practise choir conducting and leading instrumental combos. Joint work of students and teachers results in solo performances, choir concerts and instrumental ensembles.

Specialisation: three specialties

You choose one of three specialties:

• Instrumental Performance (piano, guitar, accordion, organ) – interpretation of classical music, playing in ensembles, the basics of voice technique and improvisation; it prepares you to perform as an instrumentalist or chamber musician,
• Musical Arts Animation – managing cultural centres and a music agency, financing of culture, promotion and marketing of cultural goods, and organising festivals, competitions and workshops,
• Stage Music (vocal studies, electric guitar, bass guitar, drum set) – a diverse vocal and instrumental repertoire, the basics of conducting, jazz harmony, improvisation and jazz arranging, plus stage movement and dance with choreographic elements.

Exchanges: guest professors and exchanges

The department works closely with the Częstochowa Philharmonic, other cultural institutions of the city and the region, and partner universities abroad. Professors from foreign institutions – including Ukraine, Slovakia, Lithuania, Germany and the USA – often come to teach classes with students. Students of the programme regularly take part in international exchange programmes.

After graduation: culture institutions and the stage

You can work in cultural centres, institutions and offices, including philharmonics, concert halls, music bands and the media, organise musical life in both big and small towns, perform as a musician, or continue with second-cycle studies.

As of the 2026/27 admissions, based on the programme description at rekrutacja.ujd.edu.pl.

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