1. Non-formal music learning opportunities after school
From Music School to the Community Choir – Veszprém (HU)
ERDÉLYI Ágnes

2. We have had Kodály’s „Singing Hungary” here. Where is it now?

3. Kodály Zoltán Music Elementary School in Nyíregyháza, old building

4. Veszprém

5. Veszprém Basilica

6. Two volumes by M. Tóth Antal: one of the sacred and another of secular music in Veszprém

7. Common Songs of Veszprém County – 136 „Verbunkos” - recruiting dances

8. Bakony Folksongs
210 songs collected by
Békefi Antal
Balaton Folksongs
190 songs published by
Nyék Sándor

10. Veszprém City Choir

12. Zámbó István founder and conductor of the Veszprém City Choir
The Bell of Arezzo

15. „My castle” – the music school and the other possibilities
where the Veszprém kids
learn to sing.

16. THE MUSIC-SCHOOL SYSTEM IN HUNGARY
Preparing classes (1 or 2 school years) – without instrument
Age-group: 6–8 years
2 x 45 minutes/week
(singing, rhythm-playing, musical hearing, basic of the notation)
1st-4th class - with instrument
Age-group: 8–12 years
Solfege: 2 x 45 minutes/week Instrument: 2 x 30 minutes/week
(absolute pitch names, tonic sol-fa, rhythms, scales, intervals, harmonies, musical styles)
5th-10th class – with instrument
Age-group: 13–18 years
Optional course: music theory, history, etc or
practical music-making in string orchestra or
in brass band or
in choir
Optional course:: 2 x 45 minutes/week Instrument: 2 x 30 minutes/week
or 1 x 90 minutes/week

17. OTHER POSSIBILITIES IN VESZPRÉM
„Ringató” – project by Gállné Gróh Ilona
For mothers and babies (0-3 years)
30 minutes/week:
nursery rhymes, children’s songs, plays and games
„Singing Kindergarten” in the music school
for little children: (4-6 years)
45 minutes/week:
Hungarian children’s songs, folk games, folk dances
„Music elementary school – according to Kodály”
Age-group: 6–14 years
Singing every day, choir rehearsals 1 – 2 times in a week
Folk-dance specialized class – of the Christian Elementary School
Traditional singing, playing, dancing every day on the week

18. THE MUSIC-SCHOOL SYSTEM IN HUNGARY
Preparing classes (1 or 2 school years) – without instrument
Age-group: 6–8 years
2 x 45 minutes/week
(singing, rhythm-playing, musical hearing, basic of the notation)
1st-4th class - with instrument
Age-group: 8–12 years
Solfege: 2 x 45 minutes/week Instrument: 2 x 30 minutes/week
(absolute pitch names, tonic sol-fa, rhythms, scales, intervals, harmonies, musical styles)
5th-10th class – with instrument
Age-group: 13–18 years
Optional course: music theory, history, etc or
practical music-making in string orchestra or
in brass band or
in choir
Optional course:: 2 x 45 minutes/week Instrument: 2 x 30 minutes/week
or 1 x 90 minutes/week

19. THE MUSIC-SCHOOL SYSTEM IN HUNGARY
Preparing classes (1 or 2 school years) – without instrument
Age-group: 6–8 years
2 x 45 minutes/week
(singing, rhythm-playing, musical hearing, basic of the notation)
1st-4th class - with instrument
Age-group: 8–12 years
Solfege: 2 x 45 minutes/week Instrument: 2 x 30 minutes/week
(absolute pitch names, tonic sol-fa, rhythms, scales, intervals, harmonies, musical styles)
5th-10th class – with instrument
Age-group: 13–18 years
Optional course: music theory, history, etc or
practical music-making in string orchestra or
in brass band or
in choir
Optional course:: 2 x 45 minutes/week Instrument: 2 x 30 minutes/week
or 1 x 90 minutes/week

20. Children’s choir of the music school
and the youth group of the Veszprém City Choir: the „Vokál”

21. (VESZPRÉM VÁROS VEGYESKARA = VVV) Founded in 1956.
Our Choir Family
VESZPRÉM CITY CHOIR
(VESZPRÉM VÁROS VEGYESKARA = VVV)
Founded in 1956.
Mixed community choir
Age-group: 18 – 81 years
VVV VOKÁL
Founded in 2002.
Youth mixed choir
Age-group: 15 – 22 years
VVV CSERMÁK GYERMEKKÓRUS
Founded in 1996.
Children’s Choir
Age-group: 12 – 15 years

22. Repertoire
Comes from… Hungarian folksongs, classical and folksong-canons
Songs of other nations – often in Hungarian translation
Interesting melodies, musical plays from the singing booklets of choir festivals or from the publications of singing teachers of different lands
And last but not least: the “unwritten tradition” – when I hear some good ideas when meeting Hungarian or foreign colleagues.

23. FOLK- AND POPULAR TUNES from AROUND THE WORLD
SPIRITUALS, MUSICAL-SONGS, SOUNDTRACK-MUSIC
Tancuj, tancuj (Slovakia)
The Sally Gardens (England/Ireland)
Baj van a részeg tengerésszel - Drunken Sailor (England)
O ma belle aurore (France)
Amsterdamse Grachten (The Netherlands)
Who can sail (Scandinavia)
Limburg mijn vaderland (Flanders)
Un pochito cantas (Spain)
A mese jó (Greece)
Mare nostre (Italy)
Hava Nagila (Israel)
Siyahamba (Africa/Zulu tradition)
E-La (Africa)
Tuéj, tuéj (Ghana)
Aka tombo (Japan)
Hotaru koi (Japan)
Mol i hua (China)
Sambalelé (Brazil)
Escondido (Brazil)
Én édes kincsem (Argentina)
Indulj, szép égi szekér (Swing low, sweet chariot))
This Little Light of Mine
I’v got Peace Like a River
Were You There?
I’m Going Home on a Cloud
Amazing Grace
West Side Story – (choral selection) – L. Bernstein
Dzsungel könyve – Dés L. – Geszti P.
Over the rainbow – H. Arlen
Brother Sun, Sister Moon - Donovan
Shrek „Hallelujah” – L. Cohen

24. EASY RENAISSANCE and BAROQUE PART-SONGS / CANONS / SHORT MOTETS
EASY CLASSICAL and ROMANTIC
CHORAL PIECES
Szép vagy muzsika – M. Praetorius
Az élet ünnepel – J. Arcadelt
Tavaszi dal – P. Certon
Belle qui tiens ma vie – T. Arbeau
Pastime with Good Company – King Henry VIII.
Though Philomela Lost Her Love – T. Morley
Come Again – J. Dowland
Alta trinita beata – Anonymus
Tavasz – L. Marenzio
Kék ibolyácska – Anonymus
Szép dalra jöttünk össze – M. Vulpius
Boldog aki énekel – G. O. Pitoni
Ragyogva tűz a napsugár – J. S. Bach
Canticorum jubilo – G. F. Händel
Ária – G. F. Händel
Jöjj, mondjunk hálaszót – J. Crüger
Sárga levél – H. Purcell
Alleluia – W. Boyce
O mysterium ineffabile – J. F. Lallouette
Ave Maria – G. Caccini
Nocturnes – W. A. Mozart
Ave verum – W. A. Mozart
Laudate pueri Dominum – M. Haydn
Plaisir d’amour – J. P. E. Martini
Lennék csak víg madár – R. Schumann
Egy édes hangú kismadár – J. Brahms
A vándor éji dala – A. Rubinstein

25. MODERN CHORAL LITERATURE HUNGARIAN FOLKSONGS and ARRANGEMENTS
Verbunkos dalok 1848-ból
Széles a Balaton – Vavrinecz B.
Marosszéki dalok – Vavrinecz B.
A juhász – Kodály Z.
Jó gazdasszony – Kodály Z.
Komáromi kisleány – Bárdos L.
Dana–dana - Bárdos L.
Pandúr andandóri – Bárdos L.
Szellő zúg – Bárdos L.
Tiszai dallamok – Bárdos L.
Vendégnóta – Bárdos L.
Három népdal Bartók gyűjtéséből Daróci Bárdos T.
Ne menj el! – Bartók B.
Cohors generosa – Kodály Z.
Jánosköszöntő – Kodály Z.
Egyetem-begyetem – Kodály Z.
Bikaviadal – Bárdos L.
Üszküdárá – Daróci Bárdos T.
Tavaszi dal – Karai J.
Ugrótánc – Karai J.
Öt világrész dalai – Szőnyi E.
Musica beata – Wolf P.
Adiemus – K. Jenkins
Pelican chorus – W. Matthias
Signore delle cime – G. Marzi
I Will Sing With the Spirit – J. Rutter
The Lord Bless You and Keep You – J. Rutter
Songs of Taizé

26. „CAFE-SINGING” – VOCAL JAZZ ARRANGEMENTS
CANONS of different style and content
Java-Jive
Somebody Loves Me – G. Gershwin
Strike Up the Band – G. Gershwin
Rock ’n’ Roll Around
Good Night, Sweetheart
The Old Piano Roll Blues
Hallo, Django
Aqua de Beber
Sweet Georgia Brown
Have a Nice Day
Singing All Together
Hymn to Freedom – O. Peterson
Blue Moon
That Lucky Old Sun
Linsted Market
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Domine ad adjuvandum me festina – 15th century Hungarian codex tune
Viva la Musica – M. Praetorius
Gloria – E. Gebhardi
Áldjon meg Téged az Úr – Draskóczy L.
A csalogány – J. Haydn
Sárgul a fű – J. Haydn
Ave Maria – W. A. Mozart
Kínai kánon – Bárdos L.
Orchestra Quodlibet – W. Geisler
“Svédhatos” Quodlibet
Tumbai – Israeli canon
A Song is Like an Apple – L. Maierhofer
Ritmus-rondó – C. Orff
Good Evening – R. Sund
ORATORIO–EXCERPTS
Halleluja – The Messiah G. F. Händel
An die Freude – 9th Symphony,
L. v. Beethoven
Psalmus Hungaricus – Kodály Z.

27. Festive days of the youth
Camps: „Advent”-camp
Singing Vacation in Zánka, by the lake Balaton
Qualification: „Singing Youth” national showcase
Concerts: at Christmas
„Csermák Days of Arts”
Charity events, feasts
exhibition-openings
Travels and excursions:
Eastern Hungary: Debrecen, Nyíregyháza, Szatmárcseke
Transylvania: Cluj-Napoca/Kolozsvár,
Déva, Orphanage of Brother Csaba
Southern Hungary: Kaposvár
Belgium: Veszprém’s Walloon twin city, friends in the Flemish part.

29. MUSIC for ADVENT and CHRISTMAS
It Come Upon – English carol
Ding! Dong! Merrily on high – English carol
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen – L. Smith
Come, Come to Betlehem – R. Artman
This Little Babe – B. Britten
Angels’ Carol – J. Rutter
Carol of the Children – J. Rutter
White Christmas – I. Berlin
El cant dels occels – P. Casals
Harangszó – O. Fischer
Les anges dans nos campagnes – French carol
Tiliseb, tiliseb – L. Virkhaus
Joululaulu – Hannikainen
Underbar en stjarna bild – Runbach
Born Jesus i en Krybbe la – N. W. Gade
A Belén pastores vamos – Colombian carol
Festejo de Navidad – H. Bittrich
Alliluja – Ljudkevics
Cestit svietu – Croatian carol
Oggi e Natale – Italian carol
O Santissima – Sicilian carol
Karácsonyi bölcsődal – Bárdos L.
Karácsonyi ének – Csenki I.
Aranyszárnyú angyal – Demény D.
Áldott éj – Farkas F.
Kicsi gyermek – Farkas F.
Karácsonyi szvit – Gárdonyi Zs.
Szálljatok le – Gryllus V.
Száncsengő – Gryllus V.
Csillagoknak teremtője – Karai J.
Hív minket most egy tiszta szó – Karai J.
Karácsonyi pásztortánc – Kodály Zoltán
Hull a hó – Pintér J.
Üdvözlégy kis Jézuska – Pintér J.

32. Multiplied benefits are gained:
The boys and girls get acquainted with singing, as a skill of joy, alredy in their early years
They learn to co-operate, to work together for a common goal, and experience the feeling of belonging to a community
They obtain the basic knowledge in the world of music
They are attached to each other and their city
They keep on singing indeed – if not in our adult choir, then somewhere else, where life – studies, jobs – drives them
…and there are some who choose singing as a profession, or become a choral conductor

33. We bring up and educate young people for the Music, not for ourselves…

34. Which way is to take in the future?

36. If you want your dream to be Take your time go slowly
Do few things but do them well
Heartfelt work grows purely.
If you want to live life free