KONTYNUACJA IDEI I CELÓW SALEZJAŃSKIEJ SZKOŁY ORGANISTOWSKIEJ W PRZEMYŚLU W SALEZJAŃSKICH SZKOŁACH MUZYCZNYCH W LUTOMIERSKU

Established in 1918 by outstanding composer of applied church music, father Antoni Chlondowski, Salesian School of Organists in Przemyśl stayed open until 1963 with only the short interval during German occupation of Poland when its function was suspended. It played a very important role in promulgation of the musical culture in Poland and also contributed to improved level of education of the church organists as well as rejuvenation of the polish religious music. More than a thousand students attended the school of which almost six hundred received a graduation diploma. Amongst the graduates are also well known and famous people like Feliks Rączkowski, Tadeusz Jarzęcki, or Marian Sawa. Laudable traditions of the School of Organists in Przemyśl are being continued by the Salesian Musical Schools in Lutomiersk – Salesian Level II Music High School (established in 1996) and Salesian Level II Music School (established in 2004). Schools are private institutions run by the Salesian Society Inspectorate of Saint Stanislaw Kostka with headquarters in Warsaw, but with all the privileges just like the state operated schools. Main objective of the school education is to form the professional staff of organists and musicians which would be prepared to either work as a church organist or continue education in the Academy of Music. Following the Salesian principles of educational system with the prevention as a cornerstone of it, the paramount goal of the school is to mold student’s personality which is intrinsically cohesive in the spiritual, mental and artistic spheres, so as per motto of Saint J. Bosko they grow up to be “good citizens and honest Christians”.