Percussion

Students applying for thisdepartment can get acquainted with every kind of percussion instruments, fromdrums to different melodic instruments. In the outbuilding of the school,classes are held in well equipped, soundproof rooms of percussion. For home practice,teachers give advice on what to buy and what not to buy; furthermore – ifnecessary –, it is also possible to practise at the school. Percussioninstruments help students understand the necessity of logistics, discipline,attention, and community work beyond studying an instrument. There is alsoopportunity for the joy of playing music together in chamber music formationsand ensembles with fellow students as well as teachers. Despite difficulties oftransporting instruments, performance opportunities are provided to the studentsof the department both in the school and at outside venues. In the summer of2018, on prof. Péter Mile’s initiative, the out-in-the-yard concerts at the endof the academic year have been launched, which have become a true communitytradition.