Interdepartmental Divisions

The Division Instrumentation. (Head – Honoured Worker of Arts of the Republic of Belarus, Professor V. Kouznetsov). The Division operates as a part of the Department since 1999 (founded in 1989). In various periods it employed the well-known Belarusian composers S. Beltsyukov, V. Domoratsky, V. Dorokhin, E. Dekhteryk, A. Zalyotnev, L. Zakhlevny, S. Kortes, V. Pomozov, V. Soltan. The Division earlier permanently co-operated with famous specialists in the field of orchestration and arrangement – People's Artist of the Republic of Belarus, Professor B. Penchouk and People's Artist of Russia, Professor L. Mouranov, Assistant Professors S. Kofanov and B. Choudakov. Currently, the Division is a highly professional pedagogical collective. Among its leading teachers are the Honoured Worker of Arts, Professor V. Kouznetsov (Head of the Division), People's Artist of the Republic of Belarus, Assistant Professor V. Ivanov, Honoured Worker of Arts of the Republic of Belarus, Professor V. Voitsik, Assistant Professors M. Litvin, S. Yankovich, V. Koroltchouk, Senior Teacher D. Lybin. The teachers of the Division are actual carriers of the modern Belarusian school of instrumentation, its main task being to open the creative potentials of future conductors, art directors of artistic groups and performers.

Philosophy Division.   (Head of the Division – Candidate of Philosophy, Assistant Professor A. Roschupkin). The Division unites broad specialists – not only philosophers, but also historians, social scientists, economists. A considerable contribution into training of the cadre of the Division was by the Head of the Division Candidate of Philosophy, Assistant Professor A. Sankov (1960s), and also by Doctor of Philosophy, Professor A. Ladygina (1970-80s). The training plan of the Division envisages not only substantial studying of the history of the country (“Belarus in the context of world history”), but also acquaintance with the fundamentals of the economy theory, social and political science, ethics and law. Apart from philosophy and aesthetics, at the Academy they are teaching a course of musical philosophy, which allows to identify the peculiarities of reflection of the present in music, to find its place among other arts, to get acquainted with the literature in which music is a subject of investigation. The Division ensures philosophy training of masters and post-graduate students, including those who specialize in aesthetics. The profiled teaching of the disciplines of the Division is ensured through the availability of experienced teachers, keen in the specificities of a higher musical school, among whom there are pupils of the Academy of Music (Conservatoire) A. Roschupkin, G. Dragovets, N. Stepantsova.

The Division of Musical Pedagogics, History and Theory of Performance Skills (Head of the Division – Doctor of Pedagogy, Professor, Academician of the International Academy of Sciences of Higher School (ІНЕАS) and the Belarusian Academy of Education V. Yakonyuk). An educational and scientific-methodological subdivision of such profile was established in 1978 for the first time in the practice of the higher musical school of the former USSR (Head of the Division – S. Benediktov). The opening of the Division of psychology-pedagogic direction was caused by the necessity to improve both theoretical and practical pedagogical training of future teachers of music. In 1988 the Division was headed by Professor V. Yakonyuk. During a decade, reformation of the training process took place, the scientific-methodical work of the Division was substantially expanded. On the basis of the sector of pedagogical practice a children musical school-studio was created (head – L. Kozlovskaya). A significant place in the work of the Division is taken by scientific management of preparation of master’s dissertations in all specialities. Post-graduate courses of the Division are very fruitful. The faculty of the Division has stabilised; now it includes the eldest Candidates of Musicology, Professors K. Stepantsevich, V. Kokoushkin (Head of the Division in 1998–2005), Candidates of Musicology, Professor of the Division I. Vedenin, Candidates of Pedagogy, Assistant Professors K. Boulygo and A. Samousenko, Assistants Professors E. Akhremchik, A. Pilipenko, L. Zhoukova, V. Ivashko, V. Sakharova and others.

The Division of Languages (Head of the Division – Senior Teacher S. Schukina). The Division is teaching the English, German, French, Italian languages, and also the Russian language to foreign students, masters and post-graduate students. A highly professional staff of teachers has formed at the Division; among them are experienced teachers  N. Panasyuk (Head of the Division in 1975–1995), G. Rondarevich, S. Schukina, T. Chernyavskaya, G. Kolyada, E. Mikhaylova and others. The basis of scientific researches of the Division is formed by elaboration of the problems of semantic theory, structure and forms of existence of musical terminology and musical expression marks, semantic and syntax problems in works of Belarusian and Russian poets. The workers of the Division have designed a number of unique test-books for students of higher musical schools. The Division is actively co-operating with the Goethe Institute and other foreign representative offices in the Republic of Belarus. The Division is substantially contributing to development of international contacts of the Academy of Music. The teachers of the Division (S. Schukina, Yu. Shesterova and G. Rondarevich) are active in translations for the International Section.

The Division of Physical Training (Head of the Division – Senior Teacher Yu. Vashkevich). The main directions of the Division are the educational and off-hour physical-rehabilitation and sports work. Especially popular sports among the students of the Academy are table tennis, basketball, rhythmic and athletic gymnastics, football, volleyball, swimming and others. The Academy of Music is holding annual students’ games, sportsmen are taking part in the Republic's sports competitions. A significant achievement of the Division in the sphere of scientific-methodical activities is a targeted development of the issues of applied (health-improving) physical culture, oriented towards students of the higher musical school. Among the teachers of the Division are Senior Teachers N. Borovskaya and P. Ivahskov.