Department of Instrumental Studies

1. Registration of candidates
Registration through the IRK (Internet Registration of Candidates) system is obligatory and will be available via https://irk.chopin.edu.pl/en-gb/ from 3 to 7 February 2025.
2. Paying the enrolment fee
The fee for entering the enrolment procedure amounts to 250.00 PLN. Please make your payment to your individual bank account number provided by the IRK system.
 

Accepted candidates should submit the following documents (by post – date of postmark serves as proof, or using the box that can be found at the University next to the room 312), in compliance with the Rules of Artistic Training at the UMFC,
https://bip.chopin.edu.pl/zarzadzenie/z-41-2020
1.    Admission application form for artistic training – in compliance with the specimen determined by the UMFC;
2.    Personal questionnaire – in compliance with the specimen determined by the UMFC;
3.    2 photographs;
4.    Commitment to incur the costs for artistic training – in compliance with the specimen determined by the UMFC;
5.    Application for undergoing artistic training in a chosen foreign language in case of applying for artistic training offered in a foreign language;
6.    Other documents, if specified in the information on the conditions of the enrolment for artistic training.
7.    Foreign candidates, apart from the documents listed in Section 5, should also submit a certified copy of an insurance policy for the case of an illness or results of a fatal accident for the period of education in Poland or a copy of the European Health Insurance Card (EKUZ), or a signed declaration that the candidate shall take out insurance as part of the National Health Fund straight after beginning their training.
8.    Candidates applying for admission to artistic training must submit their secondary school certificate, unless they present a university diploma, subject to Paragraph 10 Section 1 of the Rules of Artistic Training at the UMFC. Persons who obtained their secondary school certificate or university diploma abroad shall be obliged to submit an authenticated document with a certified translation into Polish.

Being admitted to take the enrolment exam depends on whether a candidate has paid the enrolment fee.
Recruitment documents must be complete and in paper form. Candidates who do not submit a complete set of the required documents on time or who send them electronically will not be accepted for the artistic training programme.
 

Major: Instrumental Studies
Specialty: Saxophone
Description
Topic scope of the training:
•    Individual classes in instrument playing, 
•    Individual classes in instrument playing featuring an accompanist aimed at intense development of candidates’ performance skills and development of their artistic personality.
Lecturers
saxophone:
•    prof. dr hab. Paweł Gusnar

The condition for obtaining a certificate of completion of artistic training is obtaining a positive result of the final exam confirming the improvement of instrument playing skills. 
Final assessment criteria: 
•    accurate sound production
•    accurate intonation
•    ability to diversify the presented programme in terms of style 
•    (at least) correct level of instrumental technique 
Enrolment conditions
•    sending  a link to a video recording on the YouTube platform by the end of the IRK registration to: stazeartystyczne@chopin.edu.pl
Scope of material
•    20-25-minute programme varied in terms of form and content, approved by the teacher with whom a trainee intends to study. 
Admission limit
•    1 person
Fee
•    2 900 EUR per 30 THs; 3 900 EUR per 30 THs + 15 THs of accompaniment