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The Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań and the Polish Composers' Union would like to invite you to a concert as part of the "Poznań Composers and Their Guests" series, which will be held at the Academy on the 2^nd of December, 2023 at 7 p.m. Admission is free!

We will hear works by composers who belong to the Poznań and Wrocław branches of the Polish Composers' Union, performed by Mateusz Ryczek (electronics), Wojciech Jeliński (trombone) and Piotr Nowak (trumpet).

The programme includes Cezary Duchnowski's cROSSFAdE 4 for trombone, trumpet and electronics, Paweł Hendrich's Dualabilis III for trombone and computer, Mateusz Ryczek's Alchemy of Sound for trumpet and electronics, Michał Janocha's Chamber Music V for trombone, trumpet and electronics, Rafał Zapała's Hybryda for trumpet and electronics, and Katarzyna Taborowska-Kaszuba's Frottage for trombone and electronics.

Musicologist Julia Gołębiowska will lead the concert.

Additional information: https://amuz.edu.pl/event/kompozytorzy-poznanscy-i-ich-goscie-2-12-2023/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

The Polish Society of Contemporary Music invites children aged 3-8 with their parents to the last free improvisation workshop this year, "Tell me a fairy tale", which will take place on Saturday, on the 2^nd of December, 2023 at 11.00 at the Warsaw Multimedia Library for Children and Youth no. XXXI (Tyniecka 40a). As usual, the schedule includes a lot of music, improvisation, playing instruments and fun.

The workshops will be led by improvisers: accordionist Bartosz Kołsut, double bassist Małgorzata Kołcz and composer and pianist Jarosław Siwiński.

In addition to playing with improvisations and books, children will learn various sound extraction techniques that highlight its colorful and dynamic qualities, and they will also be able to play the percussion themselves. Classes last approximately 90 minutes with a short break.

Participation in the workshops is free of charge - the number of places is limited, so prior registration of participants is required.

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

"OMN Mobile Residencies" is a new series of concerts of the New Music Orchestra, which will last until the 20^th of December, 2023. The concerts were organized in cooperation with the Academy of Music in Łódź (as part of the 11^th AŻ Festival), the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (as part of the unique 1^st International Scientific Symposium "Perspectives of New Media: art - design - science - technology", announcing the celebration of the European City of Science Katowice 2024) and with the Frtderyk Chopin Primary and Secondary Music School in Bytom.

The concert programme includes masterpieces of world musical literature of recent decades combined with the most interesting Polish works of the 20^th and 21^st centuries, as well as premieres of compositions by artists associated with local artistic circles. The concerts will be accompanied by artistic workshops, lectures and interdisciplinary events. An important element of this project will be the participation of students and ... the audience in performances of some works!

Orchestra's website: https://www.omn.art.pl/ 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

Young musicians are not afraid to improvise, and great interest in the next edition of the Polish Society of Contemporary Music workshops for musical youth "Don't be afraid to improvise" is an excellent proof of this! This time, students of the Henryk Wieniawski Primary Music School No. 5 in Warsaw took part in the workshop on the 2nd of December 2023 at 3:00 p.m. in the PSM Concert Hall (ul. Globusowa 24, Warsaw) with the participation of workshop participants and presenters. Free admission!

The workshops were prepared and conducted by: double bassist Małgorzata Kołcz and composer and pianist Jarosław Siwiński. They have both been using modern methods in education for many years, promoting the idea of ​​teaching improvisation to the youngest, working with children in various parts of Poland.

Concert details: https://fb.me/e/3FWmdmi37 

Media patronage: Polish Music Information Centre POLMIC

"Encore" - a choreographic show about love with live music by Lucia Długoszewski (1925-2000), an American composer, student of John Cage and Edgar Varèse, choreographer and inventor - will premiere on the 23^rd of November, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Hashtag Lab. Liwia Bargieł-Kiełbowicz and Stanisław Bulder will dance in the modernist villa at Barska 29. Show aimed for ages 16 and up.

“The show 'Encore' is my return to contemplative, metaphysical art. My reflection turns towards love. I look at it at its core, as a primal, pure creative force. We have different motivations to act, but it is love that seems to be the most uplifting to me," says choreographer and dancer Liwia Bargieł-Kiełbowicz.

The music by Lucia Długoszewski will be performed by Zofia Dutkiewicz (flute), Martyna Kułakowska (piano) and Olga Przybył (drums).