Dear Friend, This year marked the completion of the fortieth anniversary of the Polish Music Center’s presence on the USC campus. Since 1985, we have continued the work and sustained the legacy of Wanda Wilk, our founder and first director. Last fall we launched our celebrations with a concert of music by Henryk Wars, whose…Continue Reading 2025 PMC Year-In-Review
Dear Friends of Polish Music, First of all, we would like to extend our best wishes to you and your family in these admittedly trying times. Although we’ve experienced many difficulties and challenges posed by the pandemic that is still around us, we are quite certain of better times ahead. Your sustained support gave us…Continue Reading PMC in 2021 and beyond…
Dear Friends, It has been another successful year filled with a variety of Polish Music Center events. We are very proud of everything we have done in 2019, and must now turn to you with a fundraising request that will make next year’s PMC plans come to fruition. First, some of the most important 2019…Continue Reading PMC 2019 Year in Review & Fund Drive
Dear Friend of the Polish Music Center, Our annual ritual of sharing what we have accomplished at the PMC in 2018 and asking for your support continues! Unlike other charitable institutions, we send our appeal letters only once a year, knowing that you will consider them carefully and proudly share in what we have been…Continue Reading PMC 2018 Year in Review
Katarzyna Sadej (mezzo-soprano) and Barbara Bochenek (pianist) are working on recording the 33 songs composed by Witold Lutoslawski under the pen name “Derwid.” These “pop” songs were tangos, waltzes, and foxtrots specifically composed for Polish radio, but have been largely forgotten. The duo has begun recording in Los Angeles, but they are seeking sponsors to…Continue Reading Lutoslawski “Derwid” Recordings
Los Angeles, 1 December 2015 Dear Friend, 2015 proved to be a busy year at the PMC! This year marked our 30th anniversary, and we celebrated with several special events and projects described below. Some of you already honored this milestone by contributing to our “30 for 30” drive online, and we are most grateful…Continue Reading 2015 Fund Drive
Polish-born and L.A.-based musician Karolina Naziemiec is currently seeking funding for a new and exciting recording project, which explores the longing and loss of war through music. Naziemiec is a professional violist who has received degrees from the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland and USC’s Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles, CA….Continue Reading Support Karolina Naziemiec’s Recording Project
Marta Marciniak (PhD – University at Buffalo, SUNY), who previously presented a paper on Polish punk music and the politics during the PMC’s Sounds from Behind the Iron Curtain: Polish Music after World War II Conference in April 2013, is currently seeking funding to attend a new conference on the subject of “Oral History in…Continue Reading ‘Oral History in Central-Eastern Europe’ Conference Fund
The 2014 PMC Fund Drive letter was inadvertantly left out of our December Newsletter, however it is not too late to give! Please see below for your opportunity to support our 2015 programs and events. * * * * * Dear Friends, Another year has gone by and—at least for us—this year seemed to pass…Continue Reading Support the PMC in 2015