Choir of the Faculty of Music
Singing unites. Our students attending the HF JAMU choir under the guidance of their colleagues from choir conducting also adhere to this sentence. During the individual exams, students work on the repertoire, which is then presented at the end of the semester at concerts for the school or the public.
Who is the choir for?
- Choral conducting students – compulsory subject for the entire period of study,
- students of orchestral conducting – compulsory course first 2 years of study,
- students of singing or other fields of JAMU – optional subject, with open arms we will welcome you among us!
Why join the Choir of the Faculty of Music?
4 times Yes! for the choir!
- Yes! It’s an opportunity for choral conducting students to work with a stable vocal ensemble!
- Yes! Because you have the opportunity to improve in choral singing and get vocal training!
- Yes! Because you have the opportunity to meet great people across different disciplines and departments!
- Yes! Because visiting the course is valued credits!
Who leads Choir of the Faculty of Music?
Mgr. MgA. Jan Ocetek, Ph.D.
Czech choral conductor, pedagogue and founder of the Choir of the Faculty of Music. He currently works in many choirs: Brno University of Technology Choir Vox Iuvenalis, Masaryk University Choir, Mixed Choir Kantiléna, and children’s choirs Colory and Colorky at Arthur Nikisch Art School in Bučovice.
At many festivals and competitions in the Czech Republic and abroad, he won the jury’s award for outstanding conducting performance. He is the artistic director of the nationally evaluated show of high school choirs GYMNASIA CANTANT and teaches at the Department of Composition, Conducting and Opera Directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Brno.
MgA. Gabriel Rovňák, Ph.D.
Graduate of orchestral conducting of bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral studies at HF JAMU from the class of prof. Mgr. Jan Zbavitel. Since the academic year 2017/2018, he has been his internal teacher.
Throughout his conducting career, he has collaborated with many orchestras (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Košice State Philharmonic, Žilina State Chamber Orchestra, Olomouc Moravian Philharmonic, B. Martinů Philharmonic, Zlín, Blansko Chamber Orchestra and others) and choirs (Bratislava Boys‘ Children’s Choir, Primavera Brno choir, Lúčnica choir, Canens choir and others).
History of the Choir of the Faculty of Music
In the winter semester of 2016 the first group of singers under the guidance of three choirmaster students and their pedagogical leadership began to rehearse.
At that time, the choir was attended by twelve singers. The pedagogical guarantors of the course were prof. Blanka Juhaňáková (long-time choirmaster of the Slovak Philharmonic Choir) and assistant professors Pavel Koňárek (choirmaster of the NdB Opera Choir) and Jan Ocetek (choirmaster of Vox iuvenalis Brno) and also MgA. Gabriel Rovňák, Ph.D.
Since then, the choir has continued to grow in terms of quality and number of students, which would be – in the absence of the current pandemic situation – around twenty-five.