The Sarajevo Music Academy or Music Academy , University of Sarajevo ( bs, Muzička Akademija Univerziteta u Sarajevu or MAS) is a

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University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a public university located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the largest ...

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History

Sarajevo Music Academy was founded by the Decision of the National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 20, 1955 as the fourth such higher education institution in the former joint state, and the first established after the

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. This Decision was published in the official Gazette of the

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No. 12/55, on June 8, 1955. The establishment of the Sarajevo Music Academy preceded a number of favorable prerequisites, such as the establishment of a network of music schools, the founding of the

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, Sarajevo Opera House, Symphony Orchestra RTV Sarajevo, the Institute for the study of folklore and the continuity of the

Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra The Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra ( Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: ''Sarajevska filharmonija'' / Сарајевска филхармонија) is an orchestra in Sarajevo.Dragotin Cvetko, professor of the

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, professor at the

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*Cvjetko Rihtman, director of the Folklore Research Institute in Sarajevo *Miroslav Špiler, professor of the Higher Pedagogical Academy in Sarajevo *Strahinja Dramušić, in front of the Council for Education, Science and Culture of the People's Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a scorer After the formation of the first pedagogical core at the Sarajevo Music Academy the first Rector was elected, prof. Cvetko Rihtman. In the first year of the Academy's work, 42 students were enrolled. Teaching at the Sarajevo Music Academy began on 19 December 1955 in seven sections: *I - Department of Composition and Conducting *II - Department of solo singing *III - Department of Piano *IV - Department of string Instruments *V - Department of wind instruments *VI - Department of Musicology *VII - Theoretical-pedagogical section The fateful and tragic events that affected the former joint state in the nineties, made the Academy without a large number of teachers and associates, and the building was badly damaged on six occasions. One of the "holes" in the wall between the concert hall and the hallway, was inscribed and preserved the Academy's management, as a symbol of these difficult times. A large number of students left Sarajevo. Out of 45 permanently hired teachers and assistants at the Academy, only fifteen remained. The Academy has lost two-thirds of the collective. The only staff were teachers from other institutions that had been hired from time to time, and the number of students was about 50. Difficulties were also reflected in the organization of the teaching itself and in the absence of a functional work space. In spite of all that, the training was interrupted only once for a short time, in May 1995, due to a more intensive bombing. Teachers of the instrumental sections often held classes in their own apartments due to the unsuccessful working space, but also the safety. Regardless of the difficult circumstances of life and work, the rest of the Academy has preserved human and professional enthusiasm. Apart from the efforts to preserve the teaching process, the Academy's teachers played a major role in establishing the Orchestra of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, restarting the work of the Sarajevo Philharmonic, and the academic choir "Gaudeamus". Thanks to efforts from then dean, Osman-Faruk Sijarić, significant support and assistance from music academies and conservatories from Vienna, Bern, Graz, Karlsruhe, Madrid, Stockholm, was given and the Sarajevo Music Academy was registered unanonimuosly in the membership of the European Association of Music Conservatories and Academies (

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). In the war period, 15 students graduated ( BA), 2 graduated ( MA) and one doctorate (

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) was defended at the Academy. With huge difficulty, the Academy accomplished its basic function for almost the last decade of the 20th century. In more than 62 years of existence and work of the Academy, there graduated over 2700 students, mastered them around 300, and about 30 doctorates were defended. About 300 teachers and associates were taking care about everything. Regardless of the great political, social and any other turbulence that strongly influenced all aspects of existence and work, the Academy had an upward developmental line. Today it is an internationally recognizable artistic and educational institution with developed departments, academic degrees, expressed artistic and scientific activities.

Departments

The Academy has eight Departments, one Institute of Musicology and one Center of Music Education: *Department of

Composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature * Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography *Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include ...

and

Electronic music Electronic music is a Music genre, genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or electronics, circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromech ...

*Department of Conducting *Department of Solo-

Singing Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung accompaniment, wi ...

*Department of

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

, Harp and

Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

*Department of

String Instruments String instruments, stringed instruments, or chordophones are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner. Musicians play some string instruments by plucking the st ...

*Department of

Wind Instruments A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator. The pitc ...

and Accordion *Department of Musicology and

Ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

*Department of Music Theory and

Pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

*Institute of Musicology *Center of

Music Education Music education is a field of practice in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors. Music education is also a research area in which scholars do origin ...

Degree Programs

Educational process at the Sarajevo Music Academy is carried out in three cycles of study: *The Bachelor's program ( BA) lasts four years carrying 240 ECTS credits *The Master's program ( MA) lasts one year carrying 60 ECTS credits *The Doctoral program (

) and

Doctor of musical arts The Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) is a doctoral academic degree in music. The DMA combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization (usually music performance, music composition, or conducting) with graduate-level academic study ...

(DMA) lasts three years carrying 180 ECTS credits

Music Festivals at the Sarajevo Music Academy

Sarajevo Music Academy participates in organization of following music festivals: *Majske Muzičke Svečanosti *Sarajevo Chamber Music Festival *

Sonemus Fest Sonemus Fest is an international multi-day contemporary classical music festival which annually takes place in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established in 2001 by The Society Of New Music Sarajevo (SONEMUS) in cooperation with the Sara ...

Sarajevo International Guitar Festival The Sarajevo International Guitar Festival ( bs, Međunarodni festival gitare Sarajevo / Међународни фестивал гитаре Сарајево) is an international multi-day classical guitar music festival which annually takes place ...

INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music INSAM Institute for Contemporary Artistic Music is Bosnian/international institute for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research in contemporary music and new artistic paradigms. It is based in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). It is the ...

Ensembles, Choir and Orchestra of Sarajevo Music Academy

String Orchestra A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first ...

*Mixed

Choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which s ...

*Female Choir *Symphony

Orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

*Ansambl Etnoakademik

Alumni & Past Achievements

The Academy has over 2,500 graduates, more than 200

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. ...

and Music Sciences, 20 Doctors of Music Sciences and 5

Doctor of Musical Arts The Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) is a doctoral academic degree in music. The DMA combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization (usually music performance, music composition, or conducting) with graduate-level academic study ...

. It also publishes the monthly student music magazine "Music".

List of Former Deans

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Cvjetko Rihtman, ethnomusicologist and composer (1955–1959) *Miroslav Špiler, composer (1959–1963) *Matusja Blum, piano pedagogy (1963–1967) *

Teodor Romanić, conductor (1967–1972) * Matusja Blum, piano pedagogy (1972–1976) *mr. Zdravko Verunica, music theorist (1976–1981) *dr. Zija Kučukalić, musicologist (1981–1983) *mr. Milica Šnajder, pianist (1983–1985) *mr. Dunja Rihtman-Šotrić, ethnomusicologist (1985–1987) *mr. Osman-Faruk Sijarić, violinist (1987–2003) *dr. Selma Ferović, music theorist (2003–2007) *dr. Ivan Čavlović, music theorist (2007–2016) *dr. Senad Kazić, music theorist (2016–2020)

References

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History

Departments

Degree Programs

Music Festivals at the Sarajevo Music Academy

Ensembles, Choir and Orchestra of Sarajevo Music Academy

Alumni & Past Achievements

List of Former Deans

See also

References