Svitlana Fir

• Master degree, specialization musicology, Conservatory of Rostov-on-Don, Russia  (1989-1995)
• Bachelor’s degree, specialization music theory and music literature, Chernihiv Music School, Ukraine (1986-1989)
• Additional training in Music Pedagogy
  • Several Master Classes – Orff-Courses in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia since 2010
  • Various summer courses at the Orff-Institute of Salzburg, Austria (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)

EXPERIENCES:

• More than 25 years of experience in music education for all age groups
• Specialist in Orff-Pedagogy
• Volunteer at the “Welcome Ukraine” project, Contemporary Art Centre “WIELS”, Brussels 2022-2023
• Founder, director, and teacher of private music studio “A-Sol”, Chernihiv, Ukraine, specialized in implementing the Orff-Approach in music education for children and adults 2008-2022
• Teacher of Music history, Ukrainian folklore, and Pedagogical practice, Music School of Chernihiv, Ukraine  (1995-2011)
• President of the Orff-Association of Ukraine since 2018
• Training music teachers of all levels in Ukraine since 2014
• Organized the international summer Orff-Course. 2019
• Co-author of the book Fundamentals of Orff-Pedagogy   2010, published by Katerina Zavalko (Kyiv, Ukraine)
• Author of numerous articles in Ukrainian and international journals

LANGUAGES:

• Ukrainian (mother tongue)
• Russian (fluent)
• Polish (fluent)
• English (intermediate)
• French (basic user)