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“Maria Callas” Music School of Kalamata

General Information 

  • The school is named after Maria Callas, a well known Opera

     singer. (She was born in a village near Kalamata).

  • The School opened in 1993 with only 14 students.

     Now there are over 250 students and 67 teachers.

  • It is a Junior High School and Senior High School combined.
  • The difference with other schools?

    Students are also taught a variety of music subjects.

  • Students who want to go to our school are required to pass an exam which tests their musical ability
  • Some of the music subjects taught:
  1.  Classical Music Theory
  2.  Traditional Music Theory
  3.  Choir lessons
  • Mandatory musical instruments taught:
  1.  The piano
  2.  The tambura
  • Students also choose to learn a musical instrument of their preference:
  1.  The guitar
  2.  The violin
  3.  The cello
  4.  The drums
  5.  The saxophone
  • Every Thursday we take part in Music Ensembles, which  include:
  1.  A classical orchestra group
  2.  A folk music group
  3.  A European choir
  4.  A wind instrument band
  5.  A modern music band
  • Transportation to and from the School is free
  • Lunch is provided to our students by the Government
  • Originally our school was placed in an old building
  • Since 2013 our school is in its new, modern building

Activities 

  •    We have a lot of events throughout the school year. Most of them are music related.
  1.  The Christmas Concert
  2.  The Summer Concert
  3.  Music Sundays
  •     We also host the concerts of famous musicians at our school.

Our school annually participates in:

  •    Various competitions:
  1.  Rhetoric competitions
  2.  Maths, Physics, Biology contests.
  •    Environmental  Programmes
  •    Cultural Programmes

Our school has participated in European Programmes:

  •   Socrates-Comenius Programme

1997-98: The Myth of Europe

  •    Erasmus + KA1 Programmes:
  1. 2015-16: Creating the Music School of the 21st century

Europe: A cradle of  innovation, creative thinking, culture & values

2) 2017-19: The Music School of Kalamata: A school open to a

Europe of innovation, entrepreneurship and creative expression

  •    Euroscola Programmes

2016

2017

  •    2017 Young Translators Programme (Juvenes Translatores)

Facilities

Besides the numerous classrooms and offices there is also:

  1.  a Library
  2.  a History Classroom
  3.  a Screening Room
  4.  a Physics, Chemistry and Biology Lab
  5.  a Computer Lab
  6.  a Dining Room
  7.  an Amphitheatre
  8.  a Schoolyard with a Basketball and Volleyball Court
  9.  an Underground Garage

     

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