Realized under the project „Music, Art, Tourism - Uniting the Balkans", Ref. №2007CB16IPO006-2011-2-54supported by the EU IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Program Bulgaria – Serbia, CCI number 2007CB16IPO006

AMBSSAssociation of Music and Ballet Schools

of Serbia

Central Serbia

Region of Nis

Region of Kragujevac

Belgrade Vojvodina

RegionNumber of

schoolsNumber of pupils

Number of professors

Belgrade 22 10,602 1,469

Vojvodina 21 7,884 880

Central Serbia 28 8,386 988

Niš 18 5,064 570

Kragujevac 10 3,322 418

Total 71 26,872 3,337

From the School History

The school predecessor was Music Company “Cornelius” in 1926.

The State Music School of Nis was legally founded in 1947 which was

formally accepted as its birthday date.

Music School present-day

• In 2013 School celebrated66th Anniversary.

• School has 96 employees

• 650 attendants/students

•It consists of an Elementary (EМS)and a High Music School (HMS)

• EMS has 6 grades

• HMS has 4 grades

• There are Small and Big School Choirs, School Symphony Orchestra and Music Kindergarten in the school

• EMS also has one dislocated class in the City Municipality of Mediana, Nis

The Music

School Nis

MusicKindergarten

Elementary

Music School

High Music School

20 kids from 4 to 6 yrs of age

General aim is to get kidsacquainted with all the instruments taught in school,

To help them make their first steps through music art and get the basics of music literacy while playing and

To assess and improve their musical abilities.

The Nis Music School is the only state music school in town

At average 350 pupils attend the EMS

All EMS pupils attend some of regular elementary schoolssimultaniously

Depending on instrument choice, they start EMS at different age (8-12 years of age)

In EMS the lectures and practice are mostly individual except group lectures in 4 general subjects – music theory, solfeggio, choir and orchestration.

HMS is a part of formal secondary school educational system

It gathers 240 attendants divided into 4 grades and 8 classes

There are 89 professors, 32 with general subjects and 57 instrumentalists

All the professors have BA or higher degree earned at domicile Music Art Academies or abroad

High Music School - HMS

Instrumental Department Theoretical Department

There are 30 professors lecturing at the TD

18 are lecturing general music subjects

12 are lecturing other general subjects (literature,

psychology, foreign languages etc.)

All the music professors have finished Nis Music School which

is quite rare example in the country.

Piano Department is among the best in the country

It is also the biggest one in our school

There are 28 piano professors

80% of them are younger then 45 years of age

All the professors have finished their secondary musicaleducation in our school

Piano Dept is one of the most praised in the country and abroadas well

Department has all stringedinstruments represented

There are 11 professors

7 professors of violin

1 professor of viola

2 professors of violoncello

1 professor of contrabass

It‟s comprised of all instruments

except tuba and saxophone

There are 10 professors

2 professors of clarinet

2 professors of flute

2 professors of trumpet

1 professor of oboe

1 professor of horn

1 professor of bassoon

1 professor of trombone

One of the oldest departments in the school

There are two classes at the department

Due to the lack of space we can not respond adequately to the

rising interest in studying this discipline

Today, many of our ex-attendees are resident members of great

opera houses in the country and abroad

Youngest departments founded in 2001

There are two young and motivated

professors at each departments. It‟s

interesting to mention that both of our

accordion professors have graduated

at N.A. “P.I.Chaikovsky” in Kiev

In very short period of time they

managed to put their departments on

very high quality level. Having in mind

their youth and eagerness, their

departments are on very solid grounds

We are among the fewest schools in the country with School symphony orchestra

Depending on generation, the orchestra gathers around 50 members at average.

At the republic yearly competition our school orchestra is often the only representative in the category

Every year the orchestra has numerous performances in Nis and surrounding towns

Every year at least three of our pupils join the European Youth Orchestra

Choir is founded in 1969. Its founder, first conductor and spiritus movens was charismatic maestro Radojica Milosavljevic

Choir has won numerous prestigious titles in ex-Yugoslavia and abroad – among others Grand Prix at BBC European Broadcasting

Union Contest ’Let the People Sing’

Choir has travelled and performed all around the world –Yugoslavia, Italy, Spain, Norway, Great Britain...

As an act of tribute to great conductor, school managed to publish the monograph „‟MAESTRO ICA‟‟

Slovenia, 1973

Bulgaria, 1975

Norway, 1985

Special price at XII YCC – Niš

Bulgaria, 1975

Spain, 1983

Every year our young representatives participate in numerous

competitions and regularly win great number of prices and

recognitions.

The international competition of young piano players‟‟, Nis

Republic school competition, Belgrade

The International piano competition ‟Isidor Bajic‟‟, Novi Sad

The International piano competition “Petar Konjovic‟‟, Belgrade

The International piano competition “Davorin Jenko‟‟, Belgrade

Elementary Music Schools Festival (financially supported by the Republic and each year hosted by different town of Serbia).

Also, our young contesters often participate in different music

competitions in Bulgaria, Italy, Czech Republic, France...

“The International Competition of Young Piano Players”

“The International String Competition”

“Piano Competition for ТD students”TTO

The first competition was organized in 1973

In eighties, some music schools from neighbouring towns joined the competition

In 1993 the first “Competition of Young Piano Players of Yugoslavia” was organized in our school

Starting with 1996 the competitions turned into international bienale of young piano players

The members of the jury are distinquished pianists from Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Rusia, Germany, France, Israel, USA …

Till now more than 3,000 studentsparticipated at the competition

On average the competition agendаis 5 to 7 days long with 200 - 300participants

In March this year we had XIIIInternational Competition ofYoung Piano Players.

Organization board, 2008

Closing ceremony

Jury

Started in 2003

At first the competition was organized on national level

In 2007 it turned into an international string bienale

Members of the jury come from Serbi, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Macedonia

On average the competition gathers around 180 studentscoming from Serbia and neighbouring countries

Winners in 2009

The unique competition of its kind in our country

It‟s been organized every year in May since 2004

At first the competition was organized on local level. In 2006 first students from Nis Music Academy joined the competition

It gathers around 100participants from Nis and surrounding towns

10th competition realized in May 2013

TTO

Music School Hall with 88 seats

At home:

To provide more working space for educational activity (reconstruction, new building?)

To initiate opening of Percussion department and new class in saxophone within the Brass department

Small school recording studio?

At international level:

To continue and broaden cooperation with Macedonian music schools (Skopje, Tetovo, Štip)

To realize the new project “Music, Art, Tourism – Uniting the Balkans” which succeeded the “Cross border music academy” in partnership with Custendil, Bulgaria. Project is co-financed by EU under the CBC-IPA budget line.

To continue cooperation with Ukraine, Lugansk University

Youth Orchestra with musicians from Kyustendil and Nis

Iliana Goceva from CBC Program Directorate opened the ceremony

Djordje Davidovic, Music School Nis

Youth Orchestra with musicians from Kyustendil and Nis performed at the Ceremonyconducted by Mr. Vladan Karadzov, Music School Nis

Seminar attendants , Regional Educational Center Nis

Under the actual project “Music, Art, Tourism-uniting the Balkans” an activity called “Beauty of the Balkans” will take place in Nis in April 2014.

Its aim is to promote cross-border touristic exchange and promotion of organizations, institutions and individuals working in the field.

Under the actual project “Music, Art, Tourism-uniting the Balkans” so called “Balkanika Youth Folk Ensemble” will be founded during five days long practice in Nis in March 2014.

Newly founded ensemble will offer few public performances to the Nis spectators and hopefully continue to perform together in the future.

Signing the contract between universities of Nis and Lugansk

Delegations from Nis and Ukraine

Concert La Serbie en musique

En partenariat avec le Conseil général de la Gironde, France Liberté Gironde et le collège de Monségur.

Octobre 2012 : le directeur et le professeur de musique du collège de Monségur ont rencontré le directeur et les professeurs de l‟école de musique de Nis afin d‟étudier les possibilités de coopération entre les deux écoles

Juin 2013 : les élèves de l‟école de musique de Nis ont effectué un voyage en Gironde où ils ont donné plusieurs concerts avec leurs correspondants français

(official site www.lormont.fr)Young musicians from Music School Nis performed

on music scenes in Lormont, France

Realized under the project „Music, Art, Tourism - Uniting the Balkans", Ref. №2007CB16IPO006-2011-2-54supported by the EU IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Program Bulgaria – Serbia, CCI number 2007CB16IPO006