University of Southern California

Polish Music Center

Extensive and regularly updated information about Polish classical, folk and jazz music

Menu

Skip to content Skip to secondary content
  • About
    • History
    • Meet the PMC
    • The Founders
      • Wanda Wilk
      • Dr. Stefan P. Wilk, M.D.
  • Events
  • Newsletter
  • Research
    • PMC Library
    • PMC Archives
    • Publications
    • Composers
    • Folk Dances
    • National Anthems
  • Donate
Return to Content

Breadcrumb Navigation

  • Home
  • Newsletter
  • 2021
  • 04. April 2021

04. April 2021

Open Session of the Polish Society for Music Analysis: Feliks Nowowiejski and Fryderyk Chopin

April 27, 2021

On 27 April 2021 at 12.00 p.m., the Polish Society for Music Analysis (PTAM) will host an open online meeting presenting the results of current… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Conferences, Lectures, Workshops

“Polskie Muzyczki” – season 3: educational films about female composers

April 27, 2021

New episodes of the third series of educational films about female Polish composers, “Polskie Muzyczki” [Polish Women Musicians], will be posted every Saturday from 24… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Concerts, Films, Performances

Symphony for the planet – Paweł Pudło’s “Elements”

April 27, 2021

Almost 300 people involved, over 9 years of work, dozens of instruments made of rubbish…this is just the beginning of a long list that enabled the… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Discography, Performances, Premieres

2021 Polish Composers’ Union Awards

April 27, 2021
zwiazek kompozytorow polskich ZKP

On 17 March 2021 the Presidium of the Main Board of the Polish Composers’ Union (ZPK) awarded the Award of the Polish Composers’ Union for… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Awards, March 2021

Art / Violence / Gender – debate and concert

April 27, 2021

On 16 April 2021, a debate on “Art / Violence / Gender” and a concert “Art and Violence” comprised an online social and artistic event… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Concerts, Debates, Performances

Under the Awangarda Banner

April 13, 2021

Book Review by Marek Zebrowski For over two centuries, Polish music has been inextricably linked to history and politics. A multitude of turbulent events (including… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Musicology, Publications, Reviews

Marcin Błażewicz Obituary

April 9, 2021

Professor Marcin Błażewicz, composer, lecturer at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, and member of the Polish Composers’ Union died on 5 April 2021 in… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Obituaries

2021 Kraków International Festival of Composers

April 9, 2021

The Kraków International Festival of Composers has been part the cultural life of the city since 1989 (formerly known as the Days of Music by… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Contemporary Music, Festivals, Musicology, Premieres

PMC GIFTS: Feb-March 2021

April 6, 2021

POLMIC’s Easter Surprise  Together with the director Mieczysław Kominek, our friends at the Polish Music Information Centre in Warsaw (POLMIC) once again came through for… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Archives, Contemporary Music, Discography, February 2021, Gifts to PMC, March 2021, Musicology, PMC News

Book Chats—”Awangarda: Tradition and Modernity in Postwar Polish Music”

April 6, 2021

Lisa Cooper Vest—assistant professor of musicology in the Thornton School of Music, and presenter at the recent PMC Spring Górecki event—has recently published a book… Read more »

Tagged #stayathome, April 2021, Musicology, News, Publications, Workshops

Jan Węcowski Obituary

April 2, 2021

Composer and musicologist Jan Węcowski died in Warsaw on 11 February 2021, at the age of 89. Since 1964, he was a member of the… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Obituaries

9th Festival of Premieres “Polish Modern Music” Program

April 2, 2021

  “Usually hidden behind their sounds, giving the floor to the performers of their works, during the Festival of Premieres composers are in the center… Read more »

Tagged #stayathome, April 2021, Festivals, Performances, Premieres

Michał Balas has received the title of “Cello Individuality 2021”

April 2, 2021

Michał Balas, a student of the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Academy of Music in Łódź, is the winner of the 1st Polish National Dominik Połoński Cello Competition,… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Awards, Competitions, Scholarships

“Trombone in the 20th and 21st Century Polish Music” Conference

April 2, 2021

The International Conference “Trombone in the 20th and 21st Century Polish Music – Inspirations and Perspectives“ will take place at the Academy of Music in Łódź… Read more »

Tagged April 2021, Concerts, Conferences, Lectures, Performances

Online Premiere of “Job” by Krzesimir Dębski, text by Karol Wojtyła

April 1, 2021

On 25 April 2021 at 7.00 p.m. the world premiere of Krzesimir Dębski‘s Job—an opera based on Karol Wojtyła’s drama—will be held online through the… Read more »

Tagged #stayathome, April 2021, Performances, Premieres

2021 Archive

  • January 2021
  • February 2021
  • March 2021
  • April 2021
  • May 2021

Newsletter Categories

  • Anniversaries
  • Awards
  • Competitions
  • Discography
  • Donations
  • Events
  • Festivals
  • News
  • Obituaries
  • Performances
  • PMC News
  • Premieres
  • Publications

Newsletter Archives

  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • See Older

Mailing Address

Mailing Address

USC Polish Music Center
Thornton School of Music
820 W. 34 St. BMH 101 - MC 1441
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1441

Contact/Visit Us

Please call (213) 821-1356 for an appointment
Or email polmusic@usc.edu
Hours: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm (appointments preferred)

We are located on the University Park Campus of the University of Southern California.

USC Stonier Hall (STO)
837 Downey Way, Room 120
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Social Media

  • Facebook
  • YouTube

UPCOMING 2022 PMC CLOSURES

Jan 16: In Observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Feb 20: President’s Day

Feedback

Site by USC ITS Web Services Copyright © Polish Music Center Privacy Notice Notice of Non-Discrimination