Prof. Mirosława Knapik – studied at the K. Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, at the Department of Music Education. She graduated with honors. She continued her education at the Faculty of Music Education of the University of Illinois in the USA/ Master of science/.
She devoted her professional, artistic activity to the field of pedagogy and general music education. The completion of the scientific work was the appointment decree awarding Miroslawa Knapik the scientific title of Professor of Musical Art in 2005.
As a conductor, she collaborated with amateur school and student groups from the beginning. She worked as the second conductor of the Choir of the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice.
She is the winner of many competitions and has received several awards, prizes, and honorable mentions. The choirs artistically led by Professor Miroslawa Knapik have been awarded various prizes, mainly first places as well as grand prix prizes at international and domestic choir competitions. Miroslawa Knapik has been the head of the Department of Music Education and Art Therapy at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology of the University of Silesia in Katowice since 2001.
He lectures at the Music Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. He leads an artistic and scientific activity based on research into the influence of music in therapy and education.