March 2012

Polish Music Newsletter Vol. 18, no. 3 PMC News Pmc Festival Of Premieres: March 23-24 The Polish Music Center at the USC Thornton School of Music will present a two day Festival of Premieres with concerts on Friday March 23 and Saturday March 24, held in the Alfred Newman Recital Hall on the USC campus. World premieres…Continue Reading March 2012

2012: Festival of Premieres

Friday, March 23, 2012| 7:30 p.m. “somewhere very else …” The Polish-Lithuanian Connection Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC, Los Angeles Reception following the concert Saturday, March 24, 2012 | 4:00 p.m. Imaginary Variations & Beyond, a concert of violin and piano works by Debussy, Meyer and Wieniawski Alfred Newman Recital Hall, USC, Los Angeles Admission is…Continue Reading 2012: Festival of Premieres

February 2012

Polish Music Newsletter Vol. 18, no. 2 Obituary Wisława Szymborska Nothing can ever happen twice in consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice. An excerpt from “Nic dwa razy się nie zdarza” by Wisława Szymborska The world’s newspapers have been filled with tributes to Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012),…Continue Reading February 2012

January 2012

Polish Music Newsletter Vol. 18, no. 1 2011: Year in Review Anniversaries 2011 was named the year of scientist Marie Curie-Skłodowska and poet Czesław Miłosz by the Polish government, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the second Nobel Prize awarded to Curie-Skłodowska (in the field of Chemistry) and the 100th anniversary of Miłosz’s birth. Both were…Continue Reading January 2012