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The Republican Educational Complex Gymnasium-College

attached to the Belarusian State Music Academy was founded in 1935 with the aim of training future professional musicians. The teaching is carried on the following specialties: piano, string, wind, percussion, folk instruments, choral conducting, musicology. The graduators of the college get diplomas of the secondary education.

The tuition term is 12 years. In addition to the first form the intake to the college is also carried out from the second to the tenth forms with the proper grounding in music of the applicants. Students from other towns are provided with the boarding school accomodation free of charge.

Kapela Khloptchikau ( Boys Choir ) was found in 1968. There are over 80 singers in the choir. The repertoire includes over 400 compositions of national and world classical music. Every year it gives solo concerts at the best stages in Belarus, including State Philharmonic Concert Hall.

The vast repertoire of the choir includes compositions of Belarusian, Russian and foreign composers: Rachmaninov, Piart, Britten and others. The motto of the choir is “Create new things but don’t forget about the old ones!”, that is why the choir has a lot of modern music in the repertoire. Vladimir Gloushakov is the artistic director of ,,Kapela khloptchikau'.

Graduater of the

Moscow state conservatory

named for Tchaikovsky (1984).At present is a professor at the National Music College and Belarussian Academy of Music (choir directing class). He teaches master classes to choir directors, writes music for choirs, and broadcasts the program "Voices of the World at National Radio". Vladimir Gloushakov is the member of the Union of Musicians in Belarus, the organizer of Belarussian Boy Choir Festival, the President of European Federation of Choirs in Belarus, art directorof Kapela Khloptchikau, ( Boys Choir ) of Belarussian Music College (since 1994). Vladimir Gloushakov was awarded special prize of Belarussian Science Academy for ``outstanding achievements in professional activity``.

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