The Ministry on Education and Science of the Russian Federation

The Ministry on Culture of the Russian Federation  

The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg

The Committee on Science and Higher Education of the St. Petersburg Government 

The Committee on Education of the St. Petersburg Government  

The Committee on Culture of the St. Petersburg Government  

The Committee on Youth Policy of the St. Petersburg Government  

The St. Petersburg Composers’ Union 

The Concert Performers’ Association of St. Petersburg 

A.I. Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (Herzen University)

 

The Second International Pedagogical Competition

MUSIC TEACHERS IN THE CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CONTEXT

From 17 till 20 April 2013

 

Organizer:

A.I. Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (Herzen University)

 

 

SCHOOL OF MUSIC  

 

 

Before all, I am a music teacher

Henrich G. Neuhaus

 

REGULATIONS   

 

 

The competition’s mission is

-     to promote a higher status of music teachers in contemporary social and cultural space, as well as to generalize and disseminate innovative pedagogical practices;  

-     to initiate reflections by the pedagogical community on the current content of general and supplementary educations;  

-     to help enhance professional training of music teachers;  and

-     to encourage social activity of music teachers.  

The competition’s goals are

-     to find music teachers with high level of professional competence;  

-     to unlock pedagogical creativity of music pedagogy majors;

-     to popularize efficient pedagogical approaches and methods in various musical activities;  and

-     to encourage researches by music students and teachers.  

The idea of the competition belongs to Bella S. Rachina, Honored Teacher of Russia; Honored Higher Education Worker of Russia; corresponding member, International Academy of Pedagogical Education;  Associate Professor of music education, Herzen University.  

 

1.      Participation

 

The competition sets no age limit and is open to four groups of candidates:

I Group: undergraduate and graduate music pedagogy majors;

II Group: general education music teachers;

III Group: supplementary education music teachers; and

IV Group: kinder-garden music teachers.

The candidates may participate in multiple categories.

 

2.      Order of the competition

 

The competition trials include two rounds.

March 10-18, 2013 the Preliminary Round will deal with recorded competition materials and documents, which the candidates should submit to the Organization committee no later than March 10, 2013.

April 17-20, 2013 the Final will take place at the Herzen University School of Music. Those candidates, who will have most dramatically demonstrated their pedagogical competences in the Preliminary Round, will receive invitations to take part in the Final.

The drawing of lots will determine the order of appearances in the Final. 

 

3.      Categories and competition rules

 

Category I 

Open music lesson in general education

Groups I and II

 

Preliminary Round

-     A music lesson video (duration: 35–40 min);

-     A scenario of the lesson, including:

               •  the title, goals and objectives of the lesson;

               • a detailed conspectus;

                • the list of musical pieces used specifying composers and titles; and

               • a reflective analysis of the lesson.

Age of pupils: 8–14 years.

 

Final

 

-     An open lesson with pupils of St. Petersburg general education schools (no less than 15 persons, duration 40 minutes). Group II candidates have a right to teach the lesson to the schoolchildren they have taught before, by content of the Organization Committee. In this case, Group II candidates have to demonstrate a high level of musical preparation of their pupils in various kinds of musical activities.  

-     The defense and reflective analysis of the open music lesson (duration 5-10 minutes)

 

Category II

Private lesson in supplementary education of children

Group III  

 

Preliminary Round

-     A video excerpt of a private lesson (duration 10-12 minutes) in one of the disciplines: piano,  bowstrings, percussions, winds, brass, folk instruments, solo voice, or ensembles;  

-     A reflective analysis of the lesson (in written form);

-     The list of the music pieces used specifying composers and titles.

Age of pupil: no limit.

 

Final

-     A private lesson taught by the candidate to a student of a children’s supplementary education institution, who the Organization committee will offer to the candidate, in a discipline at candidate’s discretion: either piano, or bowstrings, or percussions, or winds, or brass, or folk instruments, or solo voice, or ensembles (duration 30 minutes). Candidates should demonstrate pedagogical proficiency in various styles, genres, forms and characters of music;  

-     The defense and reflective analysis of the lesson (duration 5-10 minutes).

 

 

 

Category III

Out-of-class event video

Groups I and II

 

Preliminary Round

-     An out-of-class event video (duration: 45 minutes);

-     An annotation, including:

 • the scenario of  the out-of-class event;

 • the title, goals and objectives of the event;

 • the prerequisites for the project (the type of educational institution, age of students, year of study, and necessary equipment);

 • the expected results;  

 • the format (a thematic festivity, a theatrical show, a literary-and-music composition, a musical show, a musical drama, a music-and-theatre salon, or a concert of a school’s performing group, such as a choir, an orchestra etc.); and

 • the list of musical and literary materials on the video with specification of authors and titles.

Age of students: 7–18 years.

 

Final

The presentation, defense and reflective analysis of the out-of-class event video submitted for the Preliminary Round (duration: 15 minutes).

 

Category IV

Music lesson plan in general education

 Group I  

 

Preliminary Round

-     A music lesson plan (intended for a 45 minute lesson);

-     The scenario of the lesson, including:

                         • the title, goals and objectives of the lesson;  

                         • the musical material of the lesson with specification of composers and titles of musical compositions;  

 • the prerequisites for the project (the type of educational institution, age of students, year of study, and necessary technical equipment); and

 • the information on realization of the project;  

Age of pupils: 6–14 years

 

Final

The presentation and defense of the music lesson plan submitted for the Preliminary Round (duration: 15 minutes). The presentations are welcome to include video excerpts of music lessons conducted by the candidates.  

 

 

Category V

Open preschool music lesson  

Groups I and IV  

Preliminary Round

-     A music lesson video (duration: 20 minutes):  

-     The scenario of the lesson, including:  

                • the title, goals and objectives of the lesson;

                • the musical and literary materials used during the lesson with specification of authors and titles;

Age of pupils: 5–7 years.

 

Final

-     An open music lesson with children from a St. Petersburg preschool institution (duration: 20 minutes).   

-     The defense and reflective analysis of the open music lesson (duration: 5-10 minutes).

 

 

 

4.      Prizes and awards

 

-     None but the results of the Final will be definitive to award laureateships and honorable mentions. The laureates will receive prizes and souvenirs. In some cases, one place could be shared.

-     The Jury has a right to encourage particular aspects of presentation (a unique pedagogical and artistic idea of the lesson, demonstrable organization of certain types of children’s music activity, impressive performance of vocal or instrumental compositions etc.).  

-     Music teachers who prepared schoolchildren for the competition will receive special prizes. Governmental and non-governmental organizations, artistic associations, mass media, institutions and firms may establish special prizes by content of the Jury.  

 

5. Jury

 

The Jury will consist of reputed musicians, methodologists, music teachers and scholars in the sphere of music education.

The composition of the Jury as well as any changes in it depends on the Organization Committee.  

The Jury shall use10-score system to evaluate each performance.

The decisions of Jury are final and beyond appeal.

 

6. Organization Committee

 

The Organization Board is in charge of organization and carrying out of the competition. The Rector of the Herzen University has appointed the members of the Organization Committee.

The Organization Board reserves all the rights for audio/video recording of the competition without any payment to the participants, including whatever further use of the above materials.

     7. Financial regulations

 

The Entry Fee is 1000 Rubles for the Group I, and 1500 Rubles – for Groups II and III.

The Entry Fee is not refundable.

All traveling, accommodation and other expenses are the responsibility of the sending party or the candidates.

Candidates must acquire their passports, visas and medical insurances on their own.

The Herzen University Hotel is ready to provide an accommodation for participants of the competition.

The competition identifies nationality of candidates by passport rather than by place of their study.

    8. Order of application

 

The competition registration deadline is 10 March 2013. By that date, the candidates should email or mail (in the latter case the postmark indicating the mailing date will be definitive) the following documents and competition materials to the Organization Committee:

-     the completed application form;

-     photocopies of all documents specified on the application form;

-     two good-quality electronic photographs: a portrait one plus a group one with pupils (the latter may be both staged and non-staged);

-     a photocopy of the bank receipt transfer proving payment of the entry fee;

-     a photocopy of the degree certificate (for professional music teachers) or a documentary confirmation of studentship (for music pedagogy majors);

-     a resume not exceeding two thousand characters with spaces (for Groups II and III);

-     a video recording of a music lesson, or an out-of-class event as required by the chosen category (the video should not be edited; neither cuts nor paste-up operations are allowed);

-        a scenario of a lesson or an out-of-class event (Categories I, III, IV and V); and

-     sheet music of vocal exercises as well as songs and other musical compositions on the video (for all categories).

 

Submission requirements:

-     video – one of the following formats: DVD video / avi / mp4 / wmv / mpg / mov

-     audio — one of the following formats: Audio CD / mp3 / wav / aac / aif ;

-     text materials (scenarios, annotations, and a music lesson plans): MS Office Word (in hard copy and electronic form).

Note: In case of the online submission, the Categories III and IV candidates admitted to the Final will have to submit the above three types of materials on corresponding electronic storage mediums as well as to provide the Jury with a hard copy of the text materials on their arrival to St.  Petersburg.

The foreign candidates’ applications and submitted materials may be in English as well as their live appearances in the Final.  

 

9. Competition addresses and phones

 

Organization Committee,

Herzen University School of Music,

2 Pereulok Kakhovskogo,

199155, St. Petersburg,

Russia

Phone: +7(812) 350 2401.  Phone/fax: +7 (812) 350 9652

Email: urok-muz@yandex.ru

The nearest subway station is “Primorskaya”

 

 

10. Bank data for entry fee payment

                                       

Abbreviation  of the recipient	РГПУ им. А. И. Герцена
Address	48 Moika  Emb., 191186, St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone	(812)  312-44-92
Код отчисления по  ОКОНХ	92110
Код отрасли по  ОКПО	02079520
Name  of the bank	ГРКЦГУ Банка России по г. Санкт-Петербургу   г. Санкт-Петербург
Recipient  of payment:	ИНН 7808027849 КПП 784001001   ОКАТО   40298562000   УФК по г. Санкт-Петербургу   (РГПУ им. А. И.Герцена, л/с 20726U76910)
Account	40 501 810 300 002 000 001
Корреспондентский счет	нет
БИК	044 030 001

Please, indicate in bank transfer receipt:: КБК 000 000 00 000 0000 130 «The entry fee of the International competition “Music teachers in the contemporary cultural context”

NOTES

1. Please, make sure you have a copy of bank transfer receipt on you.

2. In case of any dispute, the Russian version of the Regulations will be the final authority.

 

 

Application Form

 

 

Full name_____________________________________________________________

Date and place of birth________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Educational institution______________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

(full name)

Position_________________________________________________________

Degree__________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

Home address_____________________________________________________________ email   _______________________________________________________________

 

Category__________________________________________________________

I abide by the regulations of the competition.

Date_____________________________________

Signature_________________________________

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Reservation at Herzen University Hotel:

 

from_____________________till___________________________

 

Please tick the kind of room you reserve:

 

                       

Room	cost per  night	V
one bed in a double room in a block	27,5 USD
one bed in a double self-contained room	29,5 USD
one bed in a two-roomed double	96,5 USD

 

The hotel administration kindly requests finalists to make their reservations in good time. The hotel may also provide boarding. The finalists should pay for their accommodation and boarding upon arrival.

 

                Signature

 

 

1.      Please, inform us about desirable accommodation for persons accompanying you.

2.      Gender information is required of all persons reserving the accommodation.

3.      Please, indicate your phone/fax (with country/area code) and your e-mail address.

4.      No claim on accommodation is considered on the day of arrival. You may be refused an accommodation if you fail to fulfill the above clauses.