USC Polish Music Center publishes 2024 Year-In-Review
The USC Polish Music Center (PMC) published a 2024 Year-In-Review on Dec. 1, celebrating their 40th anniversary along with other accomplishments. This year, the PMC’s Henryk Wars/Henry Vars Manuscript Collection was recognized by UNESCO, the international culture body of the United Nations, and placed on Poland’s Memory of the World list. They also organized several… Continue reading USC Polish Music Center publishes 2024 Year-In-Review
Musicians uncover jazz gems at USC Thornton’s Polish Music Center
Polish jazz pianist Kuba Stankiewicz and USC Thornton faculty bassist Darek “Oles” Oleszkiewicz recently visited USC’s Polish Music Center (PMC) to explore the archival collection of music by Henryk Wars, whose jazz tunes will be featured on their next recording. While visiting, they sat down with PMC assistant director Krysta Close for a chat about… Continue reading Musicians uncover jazz gems at USC Thornton’s Polish Music Center
Marek Zebrowski composition featured at chamber music festival
A composition by Marek Zebrowski, director of the USC Thornton Polish Music Center, was recently featured at the Villa-Lobos International Chamber Music Festival, which continues through February 13, 2016. The festival celebrates a wide variety of chamber music with a focus Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos and other Latin American composers. Zebrowski’s piece, “Music for David,”… Continue reading Marek Zebrowski composition featured at chamber music festival
Marek Zebrowski
Marek Zebrowski began studying piano at the age of five. After graduating with the highest honors from the Poznań Music Lyceum, he studied with Robert Casadesus and Nadia Boulanger in France and Russell Sherman at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Hailed as “firm and… Continue reading Marek Zebrowski