Ignalina Mikas Petrauskas Music School
School from city square
Address
Atgimimo g. 30

Ignalina

Lithuania
Information
TypeMusic
Opened1964
DirectorBirutė Paukštienė
Student to teacher ratioStudents: 175. Teachers: 19.
Hours in school day10
SportsNo
Websitehttp://muzika.ignalina.lm.lt

Ignalina Mikas Petrauskas Music School is a music school in Ignalina, Lithuania. The school is taught in Lithuanian. It is located on Atgimimo Street, and the institution code is 190243661. The school is named for the organist and chorister Mikas Petrauskas.

History

The school was established in 1964. The piano and accordion section was intended to support 58 students.

In 1969, the school started a class in brass band. Students were taught to play the clarinet, trumpet, saxophone.

In 1978, the brass section had several hornpipe classes.

In 1979, the school established a string section (violin class) which in 1982 was supplemented by guitar, and in 1994, was supplemented by a zither class.

Since 1985, Ignalina operates a music school in the village of Didžiasalis.

A choral singing class was established in 1993.

Since 2008, the school has had a flute class.

14 February 2013 Ignalina district municipal council decided to rename the school in honor of Mikas Petrauskas.[1]

In September 2015, the school had 175 enrolled students and 19 teaching staff.

Directors

Dead

  • 1964 − 1968 Leonas Vainila
  • 1968 − 1988 Leonas Gylys (1928 − 1991)

Living

  • 1988 − 2006 Benediktas Jasiulionis
  • 2006 − present Birutė Paukštienė

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Miko Petrausko jubiliejus pamirštas..." Kauno diena. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2016-01-16.

55°20′35″N 26°9′38″E / 55.34306°N 26.16056°E / 55.34306; 26.16056

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.