The children’s music groups: the early music ensemble “Scholares Minores pro Musica Antiqua” and the children’s choir “Szczygiełki” were founded by musicologists Danuta and Witold Danielewicz in the town of Poniatowa (Poland) in 1975. Since that time the group has grown from an ensemble of 30 children to an organization of 350 members, aged 4 to 18.

          The repertoire of the “Scholares Minores” consists of music from medieval times to baroque and includes works by Polish and foreign composers. In addition they dance early dances to the playing of early instruments as: crumhorn, cornamuse, kortholt, viola da gamba, fi del, rebec, chrotta, psalter and many others. To complete the presentation they wear colorful costumes of the period during their performance.

          Since 1975 “Scholares Minores pro Musica Antiqua” have performed over 2500 concerts in Poland and abroad and taken part in many music festivals and competitions in their extensive travels to 98 countries.

          Since 1975 Danuta and Witold Danielewicz are musicologists, founders and leaders of many musical groups in Poniatowa, Poland. Both are graduates of the Institute of Musicology at the Catholic University of Lublin. Danuta is a director of the “After School Activity Center” and Witold is a director of the “House of Music”.