LMTA Hosts Ear Training and Intonation Courses Led by Prof. Dr. habil. Nóra Keresztes
The Department of Musicology and Choral Conducting of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, in cooperation with the International Relations Office, invited first-year bachelor students to participate in Ear Training lectures held on 18–20 November 2025 by habil. dr. Nóra Keresztes (Liszt Academy of Music, Kodály Institute in Kecskemét). On 20 November, the Academy also organized an open masterclass titled “To Hear and Intone: New Pathways to Musical Thinking”, dedicated to solfège and choral conducting teachers from music schools. Certificates of professional development were issued by the LMTA Career and Competence Center. The course brought together professionals seeking to deepen their knowledge of contemporary teaching methodologies and discover innovative ways to develop students’ aural skills and intonation. The event focused on strengthening both teachers’ and students’ professional mastery, responding to the evolving needs of educational programs.
The program included practical workshops in which participants analysed and tried various ear-training strategies based on international pedagogical experience. During the sessions, methodological examples were presented, allowing students and teachers to experience firsthand how modern methods enhance musical thinking and encourage a creative learning process. Additional workshops focused on intonation development in choral practice, where participants worked with live examples and learned to combine theoretical knowledge with practical solutions. These sessions helped teachers discover new ways to motivate students, improve choral sound quality, and purposefully apply intonation methods in everyday teaching.
The course was led by habil. dr. Nóra Keresztes – an internationally recognized Hungarian musicologist, music educator and choral conductor, teaching at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét. The lecturer shared her extensive experience in teaching solfège, choral conducting and music theory in various countries.
Participants of the course gained not only new knowledge and practical skills but also strengthened their ability to reflect on their own pedagogical practice, analyse the learning process, and collaborate effectively in an international context. The masterclass became a meaningful space for professional development, exchange of experience, and the strengthening of the academic community.
Nóra Keresztes has been teaching at the LMTA in frames of Erasmus+ teachers mobility programme.
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