SVETLANA BELAYA

Position: Senior teacher of the Singing Department
Education: Belarusian State Academy of Music (2018, class of Associate Professor L.Scherbakova), Graduate School (2019)
and Postgraduate School (2022) under the supervision of A.Tikhomirova
Courses taught: Solo singing, Vocal ensemble, Concert-chamber singing, Art of performing interpretation, Marketing and creative project management

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She was born in Minsk, Belarus.
She has been working as a teacher of the Singing Department of Belarusian State Academy of Music since 2019, as a senior teacher since 2021.

She holds classes within the frames of additional education for adults: the Faculty of Professional Development and Staff Retraining of Belarusian State Academy of Music and Institution of Professional Development and Staff Retraining of Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts.

Her pedagogic activity began in 2012 as a teacher of vocal class in Minsk Children Music School of Arts №1 named after L.Aleksandrovskaya. From 2019 till 2023 – the head of vocal-choir department, teacher of higher pedagogic category, creative supervisor of children exemplary choir “Tonica” (from 2021 till 2023) in Minsk Children Music School of Arts №1 named after L.Aleksandrovskaya (part-time). Many times was awarded Diplomas for pedagogic mastery and Gratitude for training of laureates of vocal and choir republican and international competitions (2014, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023).

In the period from 2018 till 2019 worked as a vocal teacher in Belarusian State Pedagogic University named after M.Tank.
Internship: Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai Summer  School – «Erhu and Voice Program of Shanghai Conservatory of Music» (China, Shanghai, 2017); Federal State-Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “St.Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.Rimsky-Korsakov” (Russian, St.Petersburg, 2021), creative supervisor M.Ludko, the Dean of the Vocal-Production Faculty, the Head of the Chamber Singing Department, PhD in Art History, Professor, Honored Artist of Russia.

Professional and creative achievements:

• Finalist of Minsk State Executive Committee project, Academy of Public Administration “Minsk turn: leader – 2016” (Belarus, 2016);
• III International competition of instrumental and vocal art “Glory to Glinka” (Russia, 2017, Grand Prix);
• VIII international competition of wind music “RE-LIGO”, nomination “Solo singing (academic)”, (Russia, 2017, II degree laureate);
• VI International competition-festival “Slavic meetings” (Belarus, 2017, II degree laureate);
• XXVI Republican competition of scientific works of students of higher educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus (Belarus, 2019, 1^st degree);
• International competition of student works “Musical culture of Russia and Italy: crossroads and interactions” (Russia, Italy, diploma holder);
• All-Russian competition with international participation “Music. Traditions. Modernity” (Russia, 2020, 1^st degree laureate);
• II International online-competition of Academic vocal “CANTABILE” (Russia, 2020, II degree laureate);
• International multigenre competition “Autumn fantasy”, nomination “Academic vocal. Solo” (Russia, 2021, 1^st degree laureate);
• International professional competition of pedagogic mastery “Recognition – 2022”, nomination “Best leader – 2022” (Russia, 2022, Gran Prix);
• International competition of performing mastery among teachers “Russian Phoenix”, nomination “Vocal Art” (Russia, 2022, 1^st degree laureate);
• International competition of instrumental and vocal art, dedicated to the art of S.Rakhmaninov (Russia, 2023, Gran Prix).

Scholarship holder of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the social support of gifted students (2020).

She was awarded Gratitude from the Rector of Belarusian Academy of Music (2016, 2018), from Minsk City Executive Committee (2021), Belarusian Union of Composers (2021). Many times participated in international and republican scientific and scientific-practical conferences (Belarus – Minsk, Mogilev, Novopolotsk, Russia – Moscow, St.Petersburg, Kazan, Saratov).

She is a member of Belarusian Republican Union of Youth, member of social republican student council of Belarusian State Academy of Music (2013-2018); member of professional union organization of Belarusian State Academy of Music. Since 2023 – the head of Council of young scientists of Belarusian State Academy of Music.

She is a soloist of choir ensemble “Concertino” of Belarusian Union of Composers. Jury member of city and republican competitions.

Reviewer:

by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, “Music” subject for secondary special educational institutions. (1-4 forms).

Compeller:

• Marketing and creative project management: educational programme of higher educational establishment of educational discipline “Art of performing interpretation” for the speciality 7-06-0215-02 Musical Art / Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus; Belarusian State Academy of Music; compeller S.Belaya. – Minsk: Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2023. – 24 p.
• Introductory practice: programme for the speciality 7-07-0215-05 Vocal Art / Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus; Belarusian State Academy of Music; compeller S.Belaya. – Minsk: Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2023. – 16p.

Publications:

• Belaya. To the question of vocal performing of baroque music / S.Belaya // Musical text as the object of creative process: from idea to turning it into reality: materials of student scientific-practical conference, Minsk, November 27, 2018 / Belarusian State Academy of Music; digital edition.
• Belaya “Stabat Mater” by G.Pergolesi in scientific research and performing practice / S.Belaya // Questions of studying musical culture and art of Belarus in works of young scientists: materials of student scientific-practical conference, Minsk, April 2, 2019 / Belarusian State Academy of Music; digital edition.
• Belaya. Performing mastery and pedagogic principles of G.Vishnevskaya / S.Belaya. – Music pedagogy, psychology and performing from students’ eyesight: student scientific-practical conference, Minsk, March 29, 2019 / Belarusian State Academy of Music; digital edition.
• Belaya “Stabat Mater” by G.Pergolesi in the mirror of performing interpretation: from baroque to the modernity / S.Belaya // Edition of XXVI Republican competition of student scientific works of higher educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus. – Minsk, 2019. – P. 577-578.
• Belaya. Vocal performing art of Belarus in the mirror of modern scientific research literature from the end of XX – till the beginning of XXI century / S.Belaya // Edition of XIII International scientific-practical conference “Professional training of vocalists: problems, experience, perspectives”. – Moscow, 2020.
• Belaya. Aspects of learning vocal music and performing art of baroque epoch / S.Belaya // Scientific works of Belarusian State Academy of Music: edition 6. Questions of the modern musicology in research of young scientists. – Ed. 51. National and foreign art: questions of history, theory, performing practice / compeller N.Matsaberidze, E.Lisova. – Minsk: Belarusian State Academy of Music, 2020. – P. 76-88.
• Belaya. Vocal performing art of Belarus in scientific research and publications of the end of XX – the beginning of XXI century / S.Belaya // Music. Pedagogy. Culture: edition of scientific and scientific-methodological articles / St.Petersburg. the Department of Piano Teachers; St.Petersburg. Center of Spiritual Culture Development. – St.Petersburg: 2020. – P. 5-10.
• Belaya. Internet sources and services in the Republic of Belarus for vocal-choir courses / S.Belaya // Music in school: scientific-methodological magazine. – 2020. – № 6. – P. 11-22.
• Belaya. Vocal baroque music in the context of Belarusian performing art / S.Belaya // Research of young scientists: materials of XIX International scientific conferences (Kazan, April 2021) / under the reduction of I.Akhmetova etc. – Kazan, Young scientist, 2021. – P. 46-48.
• Belaya. Vocal baroque music in Belarus: educational process and performing practice / S.Belaya // Performing art and musical pedagogy: article edition based on the materials of International scientific conference. May 13-14, 2021. – Saratov: Saratov State Conservatory named after L.Sobinov. – P. 3-10.
• Belaya. Baroque vocal music in modern performing Belarusian art: educational-pedagogic aspect of learning / S.Belaya // Theory and practice of education in modern world: XIII International scientific conference (St.Petersburg, June 2021) / under the redaction of I.Akhmetova etc. St.Petersburg 2021. – P.25-27.
• Belaya. Opportunities of informational-educational mediasphere in professional development of vocal-choir courses teacher / S.Belaya // Art and music education – 2021. – № 2. – P. 34-41.
• Belaya. Interpretation of ancient music to the question of organization of educational process in Belarusian State Academy of Music: theses / S.Belaya // Edition of XIV International scientific-practical conference “Professional training of vocalists: problems, experience, perspectives”. – Moscow, 2021.
• Belaya. Professional mediasphere as a condition of formation of informational culture and literacy of vocal-choir courses teacher / S.Belaya // Pedagogic mastery: materials of XIII International scientific conference (Kazan, October 2021) / under the reduction of I.Akhmetova etc. – Kazan. Young Scientist, 2021. – P.33-37.
• Belaya. Digital scientific-educational sources of open access, digital libraries to the help of teacher-musician / S.Belaya. Pedagogic mastery: materials of XXIV International scientific conference (Kazan, March 2022) / under the reduction of I.Akhmetova etc. – Kazan. Young scientist, 2022. – P. 55-61.
• Belaya. Baroque vocal music in educational process of higher educational establishment in the sphere of culture (based on the example of Belarusian State Academy of Music) / S.Belaya / Edition of International scientific-practical conference “Vocal pedagogy in XXI century. Problems and decisions”. – St.Petersburg: St.Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.Rimsky-Korsakov”, 2022.
• Belaya. Baroque vocal music in educational process: theory and practice / S.Belaya // Art and school. – 2022. – № 3. – P. 17.
• Belaya, Performing interpretation of baroque vocal music in historic retrospective: traditions and modernity / S.Belaya // New of Modern Knowledge Institution – 2022. – № 3. – С. 3.
• Belaya. Vocal baroque music in educational process of Belarusian State Academy of Music / S.Belaya // II Republican forum of young scientists of higher educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus / Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia. – Mogilev, 2023. – P.53-54.