building, provided by Voivodeship at Slowackiego street 7, which still remains today its headquarters. In April 1979, students got their own lodgings at Libelta street 14, thanks to the great help provided by Andrzej Szwalbe, then director of the Pomeranian Philharmonic. Between 1977 and 1979, a major took place at Slowackiego street 7 so as to adapt interiors to the needs of musical teaching. In September 1979, the building housed a national congress of art schools rectors. State High School of Music in Bydgoszcz (1979–1981) On November 27, 1979, Polish Council of Ministers created in Bydgoszcz a State High School of Music, independent from the Academy of Music in Łódź. Its first rector was Roman Suchecki. Soon in 1980, the university reached its full working structure, similar to other music schools in the country, with the creation of two new departments: Composition-Theory of Music and Vocal-Acting. The same year has been established in the Instrumental Department an Extramural Studies capability and an Instrumental Recording Studio. The academic year 1979/1980 welcomed 120 students, crowned by a tour of the Academic Symphony Orchestra, composed of university pupils. Music Academy of Bydgoszcz (since 1981) On December 1, 1981, the university was renamed Academy of Music "Feliks Nowowiejski", completing its integration among the other Polish Academies of Music. The motto of the university Musica spiritus movens (Music moves spirit) has been then placed at the front of the building beside a crowned eagle. In the 1980s, effort was put into training teachers and creating research units, to replace the initial pedagogic staff, essentially composed of teachers commuting from Łódź , Poznań, Gdańsk, Warsaw or Kraków. The local teaching team was in place in the 1990s. Gradually new departments and positions have been established: Piano, String Instruments, Chamber Music Ensembles and Conducting (1982); Choirmaster Postgraduate (1984); Departments of Music Theory, Composition and Foreign Languages Study (1987); School Vocal Postgraduate (1989); Laboratory of Musical Culture of Pomerania and Kujawy (1990); Chair of Wind Instruments (1991); University publishing house (1992); Pedagogical Studies (1994); Instrumental Studies Postgraduate (1999); Laboratory of Church Music (2003); Vocal Studies Postgraduate (2004); Interdisciplinary Department of Jazz and Popular Music (2008). In 1983, a building dedicated to educational purposes and student accommodation has been bought, located at Staszica street 7, at the corner with Kołłątaja street. In 1989, with the delivery of the new concert hall, university authorities renewed a majority of the musical