Béla Bartók Music High School of Miskolc (Miskolci Bartók Béla Zeneművészeti Szakközépiskola) is situated in the Palace of Music (Zenepalota) in Bartók square Miskolc,

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. It is a famous music school named after the famous Hungarian composer

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. It was founded in 1966.

History of secondary music teaching in Miskolc

Music teaching in Miskolc is a tradition spanning more than 100-years. Firstly, secondary vocational training became independent of music schools, then as a result of this, a

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was founded in addition to the secondary training. The growing expectations of the public concerning our school as well, made it possible to incorporate general subjects into the curriculum. Nowadays secondary music education has to provide students with proper knowledge for further musical learning.

The building ’Music Palace’

The building in which the school is located is called the ’Palace of Music’, which was built in

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style in 1927. It has a beautiful

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with excellent acoustics and is an ideal home for concerts and music teaching. Béla Bartók Music High School in Miskolc started its first school year in 1966, based on the work of former musical institutions in the town. It is a music

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offering education and professional music training at the same time. This way complementarity plays here a significant role when it comes to teaching academic and music subjects. Music is a profile building part of

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with an advanced level of requirements and a large number of lessons devoted to it. The core therefore that sets music high schools apart from a regular high school is the duality of high school education and professional music teaching. The institution plays an important role in the region because it is the only music high school in three neighbouring counties – Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplém, Heves and Nógrád.

Faculties of the school

Piano, organ, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, guitar, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba, percussion instruments, solo-singing, solmization, theory of music, folk music, church music and jazz (singing, percussion, saxophon, trumpet), harpsichord.

Music education

Children come to study in the school after basic vocational training, but all of them have to take an

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in front of a professional board and can choose among 24 faculties. The music subjects are taught by both professional instrument specialists and music teachers. The compulsory music subjects which are included in the curriculum are the following: the main subject, solmization, theory of music, literature of music and piano, which is compulsory to all students. The school attributes great importance to individual instrumental and theoretical training and emphasizes the importance of working in music orchestras, for example, playing in chamber-music groups, string-, wind-, or symphonic orchestras and singing in choirs. These subjects can be chosen as electives. According to the statistics 97% of the school-leavers go on to music colleges or the Academy of Music and just a few choose other professions.

General education

Besides musical education the school pays special attention to general subjects, they are part of the curriculum. One of the special subjects of the school within the

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. A lot of students choose it as an elective subject for their school leaving exams. In addition, students have the opportunity to learn English or German languages and the school offers them the opportunity to learn Italian as well. There are no more than 25 students in each class, which is ideal for both the sophisticated artistic work and for the effective teaching and studying processes. The education lasts for 5 years. At the end of the 4th year students can take the school leaving exam in the general subjects. After completing the 5th year they take a professional exam in music and get their qualifications as musicians. They can go on with their studies in any institution of

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. For obvious reasons, most of the students choose music colleges or the Academy of Music.

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Palace of Music (Miskolc) The Palace of Music (''Zenepalota'') is a building in Bartók square, Miskolc, Hungary. It is in the Béla Bartók Secondary School and the Béla Bartók Music Institute (a faculty of the University of Miskolc.) Designed by Gyula Waelder in Neo-b ...

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