Children’s Choir “Trallala”
Český Těšín, Czech Republic
Beata Brzóska - conductor
Andrzej Molin – piano accompaniment
Competition Section
| Title | Composer | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Samochwała / The Braggart | Romuald Twardowski (b. 1930) | Jan Brzechwa (1898-1966) |
| Whe has seen the wind | Geert Van der Straeten (b. 1962) | Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) |
| Rum, dum, dum | Dragan Shuplevski (1933-2001) | Traditional Macedonian |
| Fujarečka / The small pipe | Jan Bernátek (b. 1950) | Traditional Czech |
| Contrapunto bestialle alle mente | Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634) | |
| Pater Noster | Xabier Sarasolla (b. 1960) | Sacred pray |
| Kruk w kąpieli / Raven in the bath | Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968) | Marcin Brykczyński (b. 1946) |
The children’s choir “Trallala” was founded in 2004 in the Polish Language Grammar School in Český Těšín in the Czech Republic. The main goals of the founder and the director of the choir, Beata Brzóska, are to bring to the pupils an appreciation of the very special and great aspects of choir music and to discover the possibilities of their own voices and body language. Children have the possibility to stay in the choir after graduating from the school until the age of 18. Nowadays, there are about 70 young singers in the choir divided into two groups. The concert choir consists of about 35 selected pupils.
The choir regularly participates in various festivals and competitions in the country and also has experience of international competitions held in Poland and Bulgaria.
The most important successes are: the First place and Overall winner at the festival “Vánoční akordy“ held in 2009 and 2010, the Third award at the 32nd International May Choir Competition in Varna, Bulgaria, and, in 2012, the choir won the First award at the 60th European Music Festival for Young People in Neerpelt, Belgium.
Beata Brzóska, born in 1966, is the founder and director of the choir. She graduated in musical education from the Pedagogical University in Ostrava. She is a founder and conductor of several choirs. For six years she has been joining special choirmasters’ workshops organized in the Czech Republic by the organization of “Artama”. In 2010 she got a special award for Significant Pedagogical Personality of the year of the town Český Těšín.
The town of Český Těšín is a very special town, because it lies directly on the Polish and Czech border and the main part of the town is in Poland. The town is divided by the Olza River. The Polish minority in the region has its own grammar and secondary schools and there is a lot of cooperation in culture, sport and social events between the Polish and Czech sides. The children speak fluent Czech and Polish and, additionally, they use the very special regional dialect for everyday communication.
