2nd National Scientific Conference "Contemporary Challenges in Music Education" will be held on April 18-19, 2016 at the Department of Instrumental and Educational Studies of the Fryderyk Chopin University in Białystok.

The aim of the conference is to set the diagnosis of music education (in relation to the fact that the world has been undergoing dynamic changes) and to identify ways of development of music education in the context of conscious and creative exploration of musical heritage. The modern world generates previously unknown problems which challenge the education. Under these conditions, a view on a teacher, conductor, and animator becomes crucial for the proces of educating future generations of young artists.

The conference will cover several topics, such as: music education as the future aesthetic education of children and youth, problems in educating professional music staff, reforms in music education, contemporary research on music education, musical preferences and interests of children and young people and the role of extracurricular music activities in the development of children and youth.

The organizers invited the representatives of the Department of Art and Culture Education (Ministry of Culture and National Heritage) to participate in the event.

See: programme

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC.