ZESPOŁY BIAŁYSTOK

Student brass orchestra was founded in 2014, its founder and first conductor was trumpet class student Cezary Witkowski. The orchestra was born out of the passion for music making displayed by students, so it was easy to gather a group of enthusiasts. Thanks to the support of the dean of the faculty, Prof. Bożenna Sawicka, PhD, rehearsals began as early as November 2014.

The orchestra performed its first performances on December 6 and 7 on the occasion of Caritas Poland's "Santa Claus" concert. The orchestra's performance received a lot of attention, but also appreciation from the University community. In January 2015, the orchestra played its first full-length concert at which it presented a rich repertoire, from classical music to pop and dance music. The concert was no small surprise, the artistic level, as well as the interesting narration led by Małgorzata Piotrowska and Adam Bańkowski (between the pieces presented by the orchestra, a lecture on the history of brass bands was woven in) caused enthusiasm among the audience. This resulted in the concert being repeated twice at Gen. J. Bem Elementary School No. 34 in Białystok. "Spring Meditations" was the title of the next presentation which took place in April 2015. The orchestra presented a lighter, more entertaining repertoire, including hits by the band Skaldowie.

In the 2015/2016 academic year, the Orchestra honored with its playing the celebrations inside the University, including the opening of the new teaching building. The next academic year brought huge changes, the Orchestra gained a mentor and a new conductor in the person of senior lecturer Sylwester Sobola, PhD, and the activities of the Orchestra were "legalized" (brass band became a subject for which students receive credit). The Orchestra performed its first concert under the baton of the new conductor in January 2017. The script followed the tradition of New Year's and Carnival concerts. The event once again attracted great interest and was warmly received. Vocalists Wojtek Urbanowski and Jola Ostrowska performed along with the Orchestra. In the spring of 2017, the Student Brass Band presented itself several times, the first performance being "An Evening of Film Music" at the UMFC Concert Hall in Białystok. Subsequent performances included participation in the parade of students on the occasion of the start of the Białystok Juvenile Festival - the first time the Orchestra presented its capabilities in a march, and a performance on the occasion of the open days of the UMFC Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Sciences in Białystok.

Today, the Orchestra has become an important link in the life of the University, and it is also an excellent form of student development, as well as a bond to integrate and strengthen ties.

The ensemble presents 4-5 symphonic programs per concert season, and often participates in opera projects.

Noteworthy is the orchestra's highly successful summer tour of Italy, which included an international cast production of Nabucco by G. Verdi. Excellent reviews were also received for the staging of W. A. Mozart's Don Giovanni presented in the 2006/2007 season and St. Moniuszko's Flis staged at the A. Wegierka Drama Theater in Białystok under the baton of Maja Metelska (2008/2009). In 2011, the ensemble took part in the production of W. A. Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro under the baton of Paul Kantschieder (Austria). In March 2015, the Student Symphony Orchestra played on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Instrumental and Pedagogical Faculty at the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

The orchestra works under the direction of outstanding conductors, including Jerzy Maksymiuk, Nikolai Dyadura, Jerzy Salwarowski, Lukasz Borowicz, Marcin Nałęcz-Nesiołowski, Maciej Sztor, Nikolai Makarevich (Belarus), Zbigniew Graca, Paweł Kos-Nowicki, and Stanisław Krawczynski. The ensemble regularly cooperates with the Faculty of Vocal and Acting at the UMFC. The result of this cooperation in the 2013/2014 artistic season was, among others, the realization of W. A. Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutte at the Grand Theater-National Opera in Warsaw and in Germany. The orchestra has made recordings for radio and television.

In 1998, "SINFONIA ACADEMICA" began its artistic activities. - a chamber orchestra of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Sciences in Białystok, founded by Prof. Leszek Sokołowski.

Since 2003, the ensemble has been co-founded and led by Prof. Włodzimierz Promiński, PhD primer of the CAMERATA Quartet. The orchestra has performed with great success at many prestigious concerts in the country, including at the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw, at the end of the artistic season at the Białystok Philharmonic, the final concert of the XVIII ORGAN CONVERSATORIUM in Legnica, concerts at the UMFC in Warsaw and abroad (France). Throughout its many years of activity, the ensemble has collaborated with some of Poland's most distinguished conductors and soloists, including Jerzy Maksymiuk, Konstanty Andrzej Kulka, Andrzej Mysiński, Katarzyna Duda, Mirosław Jacek Blaszczyk, Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski, Jan Miłosz Zarzycki, Elżbieta Pańko, and choirs: Cantica Cantamus, Schola Cantorum Bialostociensis, Polish Peace Choir, "AXION" Chamber Choir of the Wrocław University of Technology and lecturers of the Białystok faculty of the UMFC in Warsaw. It has also made several recordings for radio and television, and has recorded six CDs: with music by W. A. Mozart, St. Moniuszko, J. S. Bach, D. Cimarosa, Miłosz Magin, Milosz Bembinov, and carols.

The ensemble was founded in November 2006 on the initiative of the Dean of the Instrumental Faculty, Prof. Leszek Sokołowski. It is composed of students of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Department of Instrumental and Pedagogical Faculty in Białystok.

The students' commitment to playing jazz together led to concert rehearsals soon after the start. The first of these took place within the walls of their alma mater. The Białystok audience received the band extremely warmly and enthusiastically. In the first months of its activity, the Big-Band performed at concerts organized for the listeners of the University of the Third Age in Białystok. The band's repertoire includes jazz standards and songs from the world repertoire of popular and pop music. The band, led by Tomasz Witek, MA, consists of saxophonists, trumpeters, trombonists and a rhythm section (piano, drums, guitar and bass guitar). In March 2007, the Big-Band with its performance musically framed the Grand Gala of the Podlasie Brand of the Year organized by the Marshal's Office, which took place on the stage of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic and was broadcast live on Program 3 of the Polish Television.

The activity of the Choir of the Faculty of Artistic Education in the Field of Musical Art at the Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical, Music Education and Vocal Studies in Białystok is carried out as part of compulsory teaching. Work on repertoire is carried out under the supervision of Prof. Bożena Violetta Bielecka, PhD, Prof. Bożenna Sawicka, PhD, Prof. Wioletta Miłkowska, PhD, Prof. Cezary Szyfman, PhD, Prof. Anna Olszewska, PhD, Anna Moniuszko, PhD, Ewa Barbara Rafałko, PhD,   Marta Wróblewska, PhD, Piotr Zawistowski, PhD, Agnieszka Duda-Bieniek, MA, Paweł Szypulski, MA, Magdalena Gładkowska, MA. The main purpose of the Choir's activities is to familiarize students with a range of issues in the interpretation of a musical work and to verify theoretical and methodological knowledge in practice.

Each year the Choir participates in graduation concerts and takes an active part in the artistic life of the University. The group's repertoire includes works by Polish and foreign composers of all eras, as well as oratorio and cantata works. In cooperation with the Symphonic Orchestra of the Faculty and the Sinfonia Academica chamber orchestra (artistic supervision: Prof. Wlodzimierz Prominski, PhD, Prof. Leszek Sokołowski, PhD), the ensemble has performed, among others:

J. S. Bach - Magnificat BWV 243, Mass in A major BWV 234 - concert as part of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the AMFC Branch in Białystok (1998) and in Warsaw (1999), conductor - Prof. Bożenna Sawicka, PhD.
A. Vivaldi - Magnificat, graduation concert (1996), concert as part of the Białystok Oratorio Days (1997), as part of the Music in the Old Church series (1997).
W. A. Mozart - Missa Brevis in D, concert as part of the Music in the Old Church series (1997).
W. A. Mozart - Vesperae Solennes de Confessore KV 339 - graduation concert (2000).
M. Durufle - Requiem (version with organ) - graduation concert (2001).
J. Rutter - Gloria, concert at the F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Chair of Choral Conducting at the Academy of Music in Warsaw (2001), conductor - Prof. Bożenna Sawicka, PhD.
F. Schubert - Mass in G major, concert during the Christmas Eve Meeting of the Academic Environment in Białystok (2003) and as part of the Music in the Old Church series (2004), conductor - Anna Moniuszko, MA.
J. Rutter - Magnificat, concert at the F. Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the F. Chopin Music Academy Branch in Białystok (2005), conductor - J.M. Zarzycki, PhD
J. Maklakiewicz - Highlander Mass, concert during the Inauguration Ceremony of the 2006/2007 Academic Year of the F. Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw at the Holy Cross Basilica in Warsaw, broadcast on PR Program 1, conductor - Prof. Bożena Violetta Bielecka, PhD.
Christmas carols for choir, soloists and symphony orchestra arranged by Weronika Ratusinska, PhD and Marcin Zieliński - concert during the XV Christmas Meeting of the Academic Environment in Białystok (2007), conductor - J.M. Zarzycki, PhD

The ensemble also performed:
R. Ray - Gospel Mass, a concert as part of the ceremonial Inauguration of the VII Podlasie Festival of Science and Arts at the Stanislaw Staszic University of Public Administration

in Białystok and as part of the World Day of Remembrance of the Dead of AIDS in the Magna Hall of the Medical University of Białystok in the Branicki Palace (2009), conductor - Anna Olszewska, PhD

P. Łukaszewski - Missa per voci e fiati for mixed choir and octet of woodwind instruments, concert during the Inauguration Ceremony of the 2009/2010 Academic Year of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in the Holy Cross Basilica in Warsaw, broadcast on PR Program 1 and concert as part of the series Interpretations of Choral Music The Warsaw Composers at Fryderyk Chopin in the concert hall of the UMFC (2009), conductor - Prof. Bożenna Sawicka, PhD

S. Moniuszko - Mass in D flat major, concert as part of the series Interpretations of choral music Warsaw Composers at Fryderyk Chopin's in the concert hall of the UMFC (2009), conductor - Anna Olszewska, PhD; inaugural concert of the IX Moniuszko Festival of Podlasie in the Archcathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Białystok, conductor - Anna Moniuszko, MA

W.A. Mozart - Requiem, "Concert in Memory of the Tragically Deceased in the Smolensk Catastrophe" at St. Casimir the King Church in Białystok, choir performance together with the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir, the Choir of the Medical University of Białystok and the Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra (2011), conductor - Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski

R. Twardowski - Ave Maris Stella, Concert from the series Interpretations of Choral Music "Academy Cantans. Białystok Academic Choirs of Professor Bożenna Sawicka" in the Concert Hall of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (2011), conductor – Prof. Bożenna Sawicka, PhD

S. Moniuszko - Flis, concert version with piano, concert in the Concert Hall of the Suprasl Education Center and in the Resurrection Church in Białystok (2012), conductor - Anna Olszewska, PhD

A. Ramirez - Misa Criolla, Navidad Nuestra, accompanied by the ensemble "Sierra Manta", concert on the Large Stage of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic - Final of the National Program for the Development of School Choirs Singing Poland (2012), conductor - Prof. UMFC Wioletta Miłkowska, PhD

W. A. Mozart - Missa Solemnis in C major KV 337, accompanied by the UMFC Symphony Orchestra of the Instrumental and Pedagogical Faculty in Białystok and soloists: Hanna Różankiewicz - soprano, Paulina Malinowska - mezzo-soprano, Paweł Cichoński - tenor, Maciej Falkiewicz - bass (2013), conducted by Prof. Jerzy Salwarowski, PhD

Choir's participation in a concert as part of the Seminar "Contemporary interpretations of J.S. Bach's cantatas and Baroque performance practice", J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 97 In allen meinen Taten, artistic direction by Agata Sapiecha, PhD, Aula Magna of the Branicki Palace, 2013 (choir preparation by W. Miłkowska, PhD and Prof. UMFC, A. Olszewska, PhD)

M. Sawa - Missa Claromontana for mixed choir, baritone, timpani and organ: Maciej Bogumił Nerkowski - baritone, Rafał Sulima - organ, Ewa Szubzda - timpani (2013), conductor - Prof. Bożena Violetta Bielecka, PhD

B. Chilcott - A Little Jazz Mass, performed as part of the graduation concert of students of Artistic Education in the field of musical art in the Magna Hall of the Branicki Palace, artistic supervision of the Choir: Ewa Barbara Rafałko, PhD and Anna Moniuszko, PhD (2014)

M. Bembinow - Cantata on Silence and Salvation, W. Kilar - Exodus, Road to Holiness Concert - as part of the pre-beatification celebrations of the Holy Father John Paul II, conductor - Kazimierz Dąbrowski, artistic supervision of the Choir: Ewa Barbara Rafałko, PhD and Anna Moniuszko, PhD, OiFP Concert Hall (2014)

J. Elsner - Mass in F major, Op. 41, accompanied by the UMFC Symphony Orchestra of the Instrumental and Pedagogical Faculty in Białystok and soloists Klaudia Ziajkowicz/Justyna Wieruszewska-Biniek - soprano, Aleksandra Pawluczuk/Paulina Malinowska - mezzo-soprano, Paweł Cichoński - tenor, Maciej Falkiewicz/Adam Bańkowski - bass (2015), conductor - Prof. Stanisław Krawczyński, PhD

W. A. Mozart - Requiem, Jubilee Concert by Jan Milosz Zarzycki, Choir of the Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Studies (artistic supervision of Prof. Bożenna Sawicka, PhD and Ewa Rafałko, PhD) accompanied by the UMFC Symphony Orchestra of the Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Studies, OiFP Concert Hall (2016), concert repeated as part of the XII International Chamber Music Festival Sacrum et Musica in Kadzidło and Łomża, conducted by J.M. Zarzycki (October 2016)

K. Debski - Film Music, Choir and Student Symphony Orchestra conducted by Krzesimir Debski, choir preparation (Prof. B. Sawicka and E.B. Rafalko, PhD), OiFP Concert Hall (2016)

J. Rutter - Mass of the Children, as part of the graduation concert of students of artistic education in the musical arts (2017)

J. Peterson - The First Christmas Carol (Christmas Cantata) - Choir concerts in Łomża and Ostrołęka (artistic supervision of E.B. Rafałko, PhD and A. Moniuszko), conductors - students of the faculty of artistic education in music art, piano - E. Uss-Jońska (2017), Aula Magna of the Branicki Palace (2018),

B. Chilcot - Jazz Mass - concert as part of the "Chopin Night" at the Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Studies at the UMFC in Białystok, conductors - students majoring in artistic education in the musical arts (May 2018)

John Rutter - Mass of the Children, B. Chilcot - Jazz Mass, concerts in music schools of the second degree in Siedlce and Lublin promoting the Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Studies in Białystok UMFC, conductors - students of the Faculty of Artistic Education in the Field of Musical Art, supervision of A. Moniuszko, PhD and E.B. Rafałko, PhD (2018)

F. Nowowiejski - Missa pro Pace, Concert as part of the Second National Scientific Conference "The National Current in the Works of Polish Composers on the 100th Anniversary of Poland's Regaining Independence", OiFP Concert Hall, Choir of the Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Arts (supervision of art. Prof. Bożenna Sawicka, PhD and E.B. Rafałko, PhD), Student Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Prof. Krzysztof Kusiel Moroz (10.11.2018), concert repeated on 11.11.2018 at St. John Paul Church in Grajewo

S. Moniuszko - Grandfather and grandmother from the 1st Home Songbook, word by Jozef Kraszewski, Cossack from the 12th Home Songbook, word by Jan Czeczot, Kum and kuma from the 2nd Home Songbook, lyrics by Jan Czeczot arranged by Roman Drozd for soloists, uniform choirs and chamber orchestra, Concert of choirs of Podlasie and Warmia-Mazury region of the Choral Academy - Singing Poland Program "Moniuszko differently sung", organizer: National Forum of Music, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic - European Art Center named after Stanislaw Moniuszko. Stanislaw Moniuszko, venue: Podlaska Opera and Philharmonic Concert Hall, Podleśna 2, Białystok, soloists: Małgorzata Piotrowska - soprano, Emilia Sakowicz - alto, Andrzej Michałowski - tenor, Maciej Falkiewicz - bass, Chamber Orchestra (2019) conductor - Anna Olszewska,

W. A. Mozart - Missa brevis in D major KV 194, performed as part of the graduation concert of students majoring in Artistic Education in Musical Art at St. Casimir the King's Church in Białystok,

Iryna Haich – sopran, Paulina Oseńko – alt, Paweł Cichoński – tenor, Piotr Zawistowski – bas, Elżbieta Uss-Jońska – fortepian, opieka artystyczna Chóru: Prof. Bożenna Sawicka, PhD; Prof. UMFC Anna Olszewska, PhD, Magdalena Gładkowska, MA (2020)

Iryna Haich - soprano, Paulina Oseńko - alto, Paweł Cichoński - tenor, Piotr Zawistowski - bass, Elżbieta Uss-Jońska - piano, artistic supervision of the Choir: Prof. Bożenna Sawicka, PhD, Anna Olszewska, PhD, Prof. UMFC, PhD, Magdalena Gładkowska MA (2020)

The choir of the Artistic Education in the Field of Music at the Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical, Music Education and Vocal Studies in Białystok has regularly participated in the concerts held as part of the Moniuszko Podlasie Festival since 2000. So far, he has presented the following vocal and instrumental compositions by Stanislaw Moniuszko with the participation of soloists of the vocal class and the symphony orchestra:

Crimean Sonnets (version with piano) (2000), conductor - Agnieszka Duda-Bieniek, MA
Milda cantata, conductor - J.M. Zarzycki, PhD
Operettas: Loteria, Pani Twardowska (2006), conductor - J.M. Zarzycki, PhD
Opera Verbum nobile, concert within the framework of the All-Polish Scientific Conference entitled The Works of Stanislaw Moniuszko as a Legacy of Polish and European Culture,(2007) conductor - HM Zarzycki, PhD
Flis opera, concert version (2008), stage version at the A. Węgierko Drama Theater in Białystok, performance within the graduation concert of the first graduates of the solo singing class (2009), conductor - Maja Metelska
Mass in D flat major (2009), conductor - Anna Moniuszko, MA.
Verbum Nobile, concert version with piano accompaniment; Soloists and Choir of the UMFC Faculty of Instrumental and Pedagogical Studies in Białystok, care of A. Moniuszko, PhD; E.B. Rafałko, PhD Aula Magna of the Branicki Palace (2014)
The New Don Quixote or One Hundred Follies according to the libretto of Hr. Aleksander Fredro, stage version in the Concert Hall of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic - European Art Center named after Stanisław Moniuszko, 2 Podleśna St., Białystok, (2019) conductor - Jacek Rogala and in the Municipal Cultural Center in Zambrow (2019), conductor - Kazimierz Dąbrowski.

The Choir's achievements include premieres of a cappella works by UMFC pedagogues: M. Pokrzywińska - Cantate Domino, P. Buczyński - Oro suplex and vocal and instrumental compositions: Z. Popielski - Terra exsecrabilis - The Damned Land (2005) dedicated to the victims of Katyn, conductor - J.M. Zarzycki, PhD; J. Kaniewski - Missa brevis (2008), conductor - Dr Ewa Barbara Rafałko.

A permanent trace of the choir's activity is a CD entitled “Sing to baby Jesus” recorded in 2007, which contains Christmas carols for choir, soloists and symphony orchestra arranged by Dr Weronika Ratusińska-Zamuszko and Marcin Zieliński, conductor - J.M. Zarzycki, PhD choir preparation – Prof. Bożena Violetta Bielecka, PhD, Ewa Barbara Rafałko, PhD, Marta Wróblewska, MA.

In 2008 the ensemble participated in the VII F. Nowowiejski International Festival of Choral Music in Barczewo, where it received a silver diploma, conducted by Ewa Barbara Rafałko, PhD.
The ensemble took part in the following concert series: "Musical Tuesdays" at the Instrumental and Pedagogical Faculty in Białystok, the Podlasie Festival of Science and Art, the Moniuszko Festival of Podlasie, "Music in the Old Church", the Days of Christian Culture, the Christmas Eve Meetings of the Academic Environment, the Final Gala of the "Student Nobel" Competition of the Podlasie Region, "Wednesday at the Academy" (UMFC in Warsaw), Interpretations of Choral Music at UMFC, the Inauguration Ceremony of the Academic Year at the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw (broadcast in Program 1). Krzyża in Warsaw (broadcast in Program 1), charity concerts (Caritas Polska, Sanitary and Epidemiological Station), carol concerts, ecumenical concerts (Roman Catholic parishes and Holy Spirit Church in Białystok).

Karolina Łapińska - choir inspector

Włodzimierz Promiński — first violin
Andrzej Kordykiewicz — second violin
Piotr Reichert — viola
Rafał Kwiatkowski —  cello

THE CAMERATA QUARTET is one of the greatest Polish chamber music ensembles which, since its founding in 1984, has won acclaim and recognition among international audiences and critics.

The Camerata Quartet has performed in renowned concert halls in Europe, America and Asia including: Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Recital Hall, the Great Hall of the Sibelius Conservatory in Helsinki, the Bruxelles Great Hall of the Conservatory, De Doelen Concert Hall in Rotterdam, Concert Hall of the Radio Luxembourg, Sophia Philharmonie, Great Hall of the Conservatory of Bern, the University Great Hall in Munich, Sala Silvestre Revueltas del Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli in Mexico City, the Hermitage Theatre Hall and the Conservatory in St. Petersburg, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. The Camerata Quartet has taken part in many international festivals, including the Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele, the International Music Festival in Łańcut, the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Festival de Wallonie, Festival van Flandern, Ost Belgien Festival, Plovdiv International Festival, Bodensee Festival, Warsaw Autumn, the Warsaw Mozart Festival and Festival de Sintra.

The Camerata Quartet has won a number of international music competitions (1st prize in Paris, 3rd prize in Tokyo and Munich and a special award from Lord Yehudi Menuhin in Portsmouth for the performance of Bartok’s String Quartet No. 3). The Camerata Quartet has produced 30 records with such companies as DUX, Koch International, Ricercar, Thorofon, Artrecords and PSCM Records. They have received many awards – “Diapason d’Or” (“Diapason” magazine No. 410, 1994), “Sforzando” (“Crescendo” magazine No. 14, 1995) and “Pizzicato” Supersonic Award (“Pizzicato” magazine, 2009). The album featuring Camerata Quartet playing Schubert, recorded by DUX, was proclaimed the “Record of the Year 1995” by “Studio” magazine while the record produced by Ricercar, containing quartets of Moniuszko and Dobrzyński, was nominated for this award in 1997. The ensemble has been repeatedly nominated for “Fryderyk”, the Polish phonographic industry award (for the recordings of quartets by Schubert, Dvořák, Smetana, Szymanowski) and in 1999 it received the award in the category of Chamber Music for the album “Four Seasons” by Antonio Vivaldi. In March 2004, the Minister of Culture awarded the members of the Camerata Quartet with the Badge of Merit for Service to Culture, and in March 2009 with the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. The Camerata Quartet has also been involved in pedagogical work and since 1994 has been organizing winter courses for string quartets in Gorlice. In recognition for their service, they have been granted symbolic keys to the gates of the city by the city authorities in 2003 and in 2005 they received the annual award “Mosty Starosty” granted by the Poviat Starost of Gorlice. In 2003 the Camerata Quartet founded the Polish Society of Chamber Music.

fot. Krzysztof Kędracki

„Muzyka w Starym Kościele” to cykl koncertów, który powstał z inicjatywy prof. Leszka Sokołowskiego.

Koncerty kameralne pod nazwą „Muzyka w Starym Kościele” są skierowane do środowiska akademickiego i ogółu mieszkańców Białegostoku jako istotne uzupełnienie życia koncertowego miasta. Jest to cykl czterech niedzielnych spotkań odbywających się każdego roku na przełomie maja i czerwca, na których występują wybitni polscy i zagraniczni artyści między innymi: Orkiestra kameralna z Dortmundu, Kwartet Camerata i Royal Quartet, Elżbieta Pańko, Warszawski Kwintet Akordeonowy, Kwartet gitarowy Bolero, Orkiestra kameralna Sinfonia Academica, Aleksander Tansman Kwartet, pianistka Ludmila Kasjanenko, Chóry Akademickie Uniwersytetu Medycznego i Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku.