Å iauliai Saulius Sondeckis Gymnasium of Arts (
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: ''Šiaulių Sauliaus Sondeckio menų gimnazija'') is a state art gymnasium located in
Å iauliai, Lithuania.
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History
In 1939, after Nazi Germany
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had occupied the KlaipÄ—da region, the KlaipÄ—da music school was closed afterwards. This resulted in the establishment of Å iauliai music school in the same year. It was founded by a conductor, teacher and professor Juozas Karosas.
After the end of the Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, the school was known as Šiauliai music tekhnikum A tekhnikum (russian: техникум) is a type of vocational school in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, as well as in modern Russia, Ukraine and some other post-Soviet states.
The term was borrowed from 19th-century German education, where ...
, and later known as Å iauliai music high school. In 1990, a new additional teaching department was created where various music education took place. In 2010, Å iauliai Conservatory was named after the famous Lithuanian conductor and professor Saulius Sondeckis
Saulius Sondeckis (11 October 1928 – 3 February 2016) was a Lithuanian violinist, conductor, orchestra leader and professor. He founded the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra in 1960 and was its artistic director and principal conductor until 2004.
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. Later it was known as Å iauliai Saulius Sondeckis School of Arts (since 2011) and Å iauliai Saulius Sondeckis Gymnasium of Arts (since 2013).
Every year gymnasium accepts students to 9–12 grades. Since 2012 primary classes exist as well.
Departments
There are 13 minor departments in the gymnasium with two of them providing general education:
* Accordion Department
* General Piano Department
* General Education Department
* General Music Theory Department
* Choir Conducting and Singing Department
* Fine Arts Department
* Piano Department
* Guitar Department
* Folk Instruments Department
* Primary Education Department
* Wind Instruments and Percussions Department
* String Instruments Department
* Additional General Piano Department
References
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Art schools in Lithuania
Educational institutions established in 1945
Secondary schools in Lithuania
1945 establishments in the Soviet Union