Playing the accordion at the Skuoda Art School teaches:

senior teacher Daiva Andriekuvienė;

Students of the accordion class often perform at various regional events organized by the Skuodos Museum, Skuodos District. municipal R. Granauskas public library, care home for the elderly, etc. institutions. Students decorate the concerts organized by the art school with the sounds of accordion music. Among them, the following have become traditional: Christmas, Midsummer, March 11, Mother's and Music Day concerts.

Students of this subject are prepared for various concerts, festivals, and competitions. In 2004 - 2005, teacher R. Remezienė's ensemble of girls filmed in the then LTV show "Mažijų szvetųžių valanda". in 2005 the same ensemble of girls successfully performed in the "Little Angels Opera" project in 2005. took 1st place in the vocal competition "Skambioji daina". Ensemble singing students participate every year in the song competition of the project "Foreign languages open doors to the world" supported by politician V. Ušacks. Every two years, the song contest "Giest nightingale" is held in Klaipėda. in 2007 girls ensemble, 2009 soloist Donatas Petreikis became laureates.

Pupils join the whirlwind of jazz music. 2010 and 2011 The group prepared by teacher R. Remezienė participated in the "Young Jazz Wave" song festival held in Klaipėda.

The TV contest "Dainų Dainelė" always attracts great interest. Ensembles and soloists prepared by the teacher participating in it become winners of the district and regional tour. Several collectives have also reached the national round of this competition in Vilnius: in 2002, 2004 and 2010. - girls' ensemble, 2006 – youth ensemble. in 2016 The duet of Monika Rimkutė and Romualda Rimgailaitė not only successfully passed all the rounds, but also became laureates of the republican round and performed at the Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre. in 2018 soloists Kristina Gurauskaitė and Matas Saukantas participated in the national tour.

The Algimantas Raudonikis original song competition, which nurtures the traditions of academic singing, was also successful for the students of the department: in 2016 - To Kristina Gurauskaita, 2018 - To Mats Saukantas and Tautvydas Jonaitis.

Since 2015, the children's song contest "DAINUOK, ZIEMUŽĖLE" has been participated every year in the Baltic countries. Students who became graduates and laureates in their age groups: Monika Rimkutė, Kristina Gurauskaitė, Rugilė Jackevičiūtė, Matas Saukantas and Tautvydas Jonaitis).

The soloists of the singing class not only successfully pass the auditions for the international competition of young performers, THE MUSIC TALENT LEAGUE, but also take prize places, and the young soloist Tautvydas Jonaitis became the first place winner of this competition in 2018 and 2019 and took part in LRT television filming.

in 2019 competitive activities have expanded even more:

successfully participated in the "VIVA LA MUSICA" competition of vocal ensembles of Klaipėda region schoolchildren, where the girls' duet "Andrėja Putcaitė and Skaistė Stonkutė" prepared by teacher R. Remezienė won 2nd place. And in the republican children's and youth vocal music competition "Lakštingalų slėnis" held in Taurage, soloist Tautvydas Jonaitis became the first place winner of his age group and earned a nomination for the most beautifully performed Lithuanian song.

Choir

"A singing person radiates beauty, goodness, and truth. He is as he really is..." Č. Piece

The school choir was formed in 1980. (From 1984 to 2016, the choir was led by A. Anužienė). Since 2017 until 2020 the combined YOUTH CHOIR of Skuodas (director Sigita Žiemelienė) and Mosėdis department (director Vita Pajarskienė) existed. It was attended by the 1st-4th grades of all musical educational subjects. students. A harmonious and large group of singers participated in concert activities together and separately.

The piano department was founded in 1966. The secrets of piano art are taught by:

Methodist teacher Kazimiera Andriuškienė; senior teacher Solvita Sokolova; senior teacher Sigitas Mineikis.

The students of the piano department actively participate not only in the concert life of our school and the Skuodas community, but also represent the school well in district, regional and national competitions and various festivals.

The circle of competitions and festivals also expanded: competition-festival "Lithuanian Music Labyrinths" (Mažeikiai), piano ensembles competition (Plungė), competition "I call, imagine, draw" (Vilnius), etudes competition (Kretinga). The competition of instrumental ensembles, organized by the piano department, has become traditional.

Students perform many concerts, participate in various district, regional and national events. The school organizes traditional Christmas evenings, concerts on Mother's Day, September 1st, International Music Day, People with Disabilities Day, Children's Day, commemorations of February 16th, March 11th, concerts for seniors, "Midsummer Concert" etc.

Young performers participate in regional and republican competitions for performers of national instruments, festivals and competitions of national music ensembles and orchestras, such as:

National competition of performers of national instruments of Jonas Švedas; International competition of young performers of national instruments "SPECIALS OF MUSIC"; International competition of chamber ensembles of national music instruments of Pranas Stepulis (Šiauliai); Festival of ensembles and orchestras of national instruments of Žemaitija and Klaipėda region "TRIMITATIS".

HISTORY OF THE VIOLIN The idea of stroking the strings instead of vibrating them with your fingers came to Europe from the Middle East. The Arabs had a stringed instrument called the rebab, which reached Europe around the 10th-11th centuries. Minstrels began to use the pear-shaped rebekah and fidel, and the kings kept orchestras of violinists to accompany the dancers and entertain them on their travels. During the Renaissance (14th-16th centuries), there were two main groups of stringed instruments: violins and violas. The viola was held with the body down and the fret up. The first violins started to be strict and the first violins were made in Italy. The great violin masters lived in Cremona, northern Italy, in the 16th century. in the middle The violin reached perfection around 1700. In the workshops of the Amačiai, Gvarneri and Stradivarius families. Since then, no one has been able to improve the work of these masters, no matter how thoroughly the wood, glue, varnish they used were studied. In the beginning, just after the appearance of the violin, all four strings were made of animal intestines, but later metal was used for the two lower strings in order to obtain a clearer and stronger sound. 17th - 19th centuries. violinists: Korel, Vivaldi, Tartinis, Kreuzer, Paganini, Vietan.

The violin class at Skuodas Art School was founded in 1977 on the initiative of the then director Genovaitė Nomgaudiene.

Violin playing is taught at Skuodas Art School:

method teacher Vilija Jakutienė; senior teacher Lina Gūžienė;

Concert activities are an integral part of violinists. Children perform not only as soloists, but also in an ensemble. He performs everywhere - not only at events at the art school, but also at various celebrations of the city and district of Skuodas, and also participates in competitions and festivals.

The methodical activities of the department are organized by teacher Kamilijus Venckus. Students perform many concerts, participate in various district, regional and national events. The school organizes traditional Christmas evenings, concerts on Mother's Day, September 1st, International Music Day, People with Disabilities Day, Children's Day, commemorations of February 16th, March 11th, concerts for seniors, "Midsummer Concert" and other events , in which the students of the wind department always participate. Pupils willingly play music together - they play in ensembles, and in older classes and in a wind instrument orchestra. The most talented students represent the school's wind instruments department - they participate in various national and international festivals and competitions, where they often become laureates.

There are 3 teachers working in the department:

organizer of methodological activities, senior teacher Sigita Žiemelienė (solfeggio); senior teacher Vita Pajarskienė (solfeggio); methodical teacher Raimonda Remezienė (music history).

In solfeggio lessons, students learn musical notation and develop musical ear. In music history lessons, you get to know the world's most famous composers and their works. Every year, the department organizes the "Music Olympiad", during which 4th-grade students of Skuodas Art School and Ylakii Departments test their knowledge of music theory and history, and the winners are awarded various prizes. in 2019 The traditional XIV MUSIC OLYMPIAD took place at Skuados Art School. Pupils from Skuodas and Ylakii departments participated. And to make them more courageous, they invited their teachers: S. Žiemelienė, V. Pajarskienė, R. Remezienė and J. Daukšas to help them.