State educational institution
of additional education for children
"Regional Children's Art School"

 


Information

The state educational institution of additional education for children "Regional Children's Art School" was opened in 1940 and became the first institution of the Ulyanovsk oblast providing primary music education.

Currently, the Regional Children's Art School is a powerful educational, methodological and cultural center of regional significance. Here operates a methodical department of educational institutions of culture and art, which coordinates the work of all educational institutions of supplementary education for children - children's art schools and specialized secondary schools of culture and art in the Ulyanovsk oblast. In this regard, the school has received a status of methodological center.
The teachers regularly visit the municipal children's art schools , carry out model lessons, organize concerts; prepare the students for the entrance to secondary educational institutions; participate in organizing, preparing and conducting competitions and seminars; write reviews on programs, classes and concerts.
There are over 500 students in the school. The teaching stuff includes 4 Honored workers of Culture of Russia. 25 teachers have awards of federal agencies and departments.

Under the guidance of experienced teachers the students have achieved good results. Among the students there are winners of competitions at various levels: from regional to international. Several times the students have represented the Ulyanovsk Oblast abroad - in the Vatican, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Portugal. They performed in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses and took part in the concert program at the Poklonnaya Hill, dedicated to 200 anniversary of Alexander Pushkin. They also participated in the programs carried out by the  charity funds of Vladimir Krainev and Vladimir Spivakov, and have become the winners of the All-Russia charitable program "New Names", the national project "Education" and the All-Russia competition "Young talents of Russia".
Many talented graduates of the school continue their education at secondary and higher educational institutions of the country, promoting the national culture.

Education
The Regional Children's Art School operates under the license issued by the department of licensing and monitoring the quality of education of the Ulyanovsk region (series A, ą 200890. Registration number 4703 dated January 26, 2007).
The state educational institution of additional education for children "Regional Children's Art School" provides education in the three main fields: music, art and dance. Education is carried out in the following departments:
- Piano
- String-bow,
- Folk
- brass
- Pop-jazz,
- dance,
- Art.
The students study their subjects in accordance with educational plans elaborated especially for each department.
Moreover, there is a special department with a special education program for advanced students of all the departments, except the pop-jazz one.
For children of preschool age there is also a group of early harmonious development - "Kolokolchik".

Creative groups of the Regional children's arts school
The concert work of the Regional Children's Art School is performed by both soloists and ensembles: the Concert Choir "Scarlet Sails" and the vocal ensemble under the direction of Z.I. Rogozhina, the pop-jazz ensemble and orchestra of Russian folk instruments under the guidance of V.F. Grishina, the pop-jazz orchestra under the leadership of P.V. Grishina, the violin ensemble "La Campanella" and the trio "Grad" under the leadership of T.M. Kurova.


Projects implemented by the Regional Children's School of Art
The talented teaching staff of the school has founded and arranged the Inter-regional competition "Divertimento" for all music departments. The competition is held every two years and attracts more than 100 participants.

Every two years in the last days of spring they hold the Interregional pop-jazz festival-competition "Jazz Spring".
The presentations of the participants come along with master classes, where in a live music-making process the festival participants can get valuable information about the very keystone of jazz –improvisation, as well as receive valuable advice on the subtleties of the performing art. The main objective of the project is the musical fellowship of young musicians: acquaintance, contacts, experience exchange, joint music-making and improving skills under the guidance of famous jazz musicians and teachers.
Moreover, the Regional
Children's Art School annually organizes up to 9 competitions, including:
- "Spring Vernissage", a Regional Competition for students from piano departments of children's art schools

- "Magic Bow", a Regional Competition for students from string-bow departments of children's art schools pupils and students of specialized secondary educational institutions,
- "Silver Trumpets", an Inter-Regional Competition for orchestras and young musicians on wind instruments,
- "Sunny plunks”, a Regional competition for young musicians of folk music,
- Regional Competition on accompaniment for students of piano departments of children's art schools,
- "Sunny world , hello!
", a Regional Choral Festival - Competition for students of children's art schools
- “Song patterns", a Regional Competition for performers of folk songs
- Regional theoretical Competition for students of children's art schools,
- "Simbirsk frills”, a Regional competition for dance groups of children's art schools.

The Regional Children's art school takes part in the development of regional target programs. In 2008, as part of the departmental target program "Basic directions of state support of culture and art in the Ulyanovsk oblast for 2008-2010", the School implemented an innovative video project "Singing piano”. The project aims to form a "Golden Fund" of children - exponents of classical music - students of children's art schools of Ulyanovsk and the Ulyanovsk region.
The school initiated the establishment of the regional target program "Culture is the key to happiness" – a program for Weekend Clubs of public cultural institutions. The program is designed to turn the residents of the Ulyanovsk region to the values of domestic and foreign art and culture, to the best samples of folk art, classical and contemporary art; as well as to strengthen the family by creating common family interests. The peculiar feature of the program is that the cultural events are arranged on the basis of cultural institutions - museums, theaters, libraries, where children can visit on Sundays with their parents.

The Regional Children's Art School aims to develop the talents of gifted children as part of the regional program "Children of the Ulyanovsk Oblast”, therefore it has become an organizer and coordinator of the Summer Art Schools "Simbirsk mosaic", established on behalf of the Department of Culture and archival issues and under the support of the Government of the Ulyanovsk oblast. Each year, the creative school is focused on another specialty and it invites the students, the most outstanding ones in this specialty. Classes are combined with recreation activities and an interesting cultural program, designed especially for these children.
The school stuff takes an active part in projects devoted to the native land. The School has held the all-Russia competition of young artists: "N.M. Karamzin - writer, journalist, historian" and "Simbirsk - the land of fathers".  After the competitions had been over, the International Children's Art Gallery (Moscow) hosted the nation-wide exhibition of works by young artists and produced an illustrated catalog.

Contacts:
432063, Ulyanovsk oblast,
Ulyanovsk, str. Lenina, 51
Tel. 8 (8422) 41-85-56, 32-58-98,
fax 8 (8422) 32-29-61
ul-odshi@mail.ru

Working hours:
Monday - Saturday 08.00. - 20.00.
Sunday - closed