Polish Music Center USC

11/21/2024

The Stanisław Hadyna Song and Dance Ensemble “Śląsk” is coming California as part of their “Silent Night USA Tour 2024” 🎶

📍Dec 14: Polskie Centrum Polonijne Jana Pawla II, Yorba Linda, CA

📍Dec. 15: Parafia Matki Boskiej Jasnogorskiej Archidiecezjalne Sanktuarium Swietego Jana Pawla II, Los Angeles, CA

📍Dec 17: San Diego University’s Montezuma Hall, San Diego, CA

📍Dec 19: Nativity of Our Lord, San Francisco, CA

📍Dec 20: Polska Mijska Pastoralna Sw. Brata Alberta Chmieloweskiego, San Jose, CA

For details on these and other tour stops across the U.S. visit this website: https://tinyurl.com/2yt6375r

11/09/2024

With great sadness we announce the passing of Robert J. Vars, the son of the great Polish composer of film and symphonic music, Henryk Wars.

Obituary: https://tinyurl.com/y2355xpk

10/22/2024

10/11/2024

Congratulations to the Cracow Duo which received this year’s “Muzyczne Orly” award for their last year’s concert tour in the United States titled “Polish Music On Stage - US Edition”. Concerts of the Cracow Duo organized by our center were a part of this award-winning tour!

10/01/2024

‼️RSVP NOW OPEN - https://tinyurl.com/2rxmh9xb link in bio‼️

On Sunday, October 20 we are celebrating Henryk Wars, UNESCO Honors and 40 Years of PMC! 🍾🎉 Join us at the University of Southern California for three exciting events. RSVP required for entrance to USC campus.

Celebration Schedule (Oct. 20 at USC)

🕞 3.30 pm - 🎥 Film Screening of Zapomniana Melodia (ENG Subtitles) 🎟️ FREE ADMISSION

🕠 5:30 pm - 🥂 Champagne Reception - 🎟️ $50 Fee (21+), must RSVP by Oct. 10

🕖 7:00 pm - 🎵 Concert of Big Band Works by Henryk Wars 🎟️ FREE ADMISSION

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09/21/2024

What a fantastic event! 🇵🇱 👏 If you are planning to visit Polish Harvest Festival - Dożynki in Yorba Linda, CA, make sure to stop by our booth to check out our programs, books, CDs, or simply to say “hi”! We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Special thanks to PAPA - Polish American Performing Club, and for inviting us to participate in this phenomenal event! 👏

09/13/2024

Special thanks to Dr. Andrzej Ślązak and Krystian Krauz for giving such great two lectures this week We had a chance to learn about the modern Polish piano music by composers Karol Rathaus and Paweł Szymański. :)
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09/09/2024

Come tomorrow to USC and attend two free lectures about modern Polish piano music!

The lectures are free and open to the public. However, please note: the USC campus is currently under access restrictions, and guests without USC ID must obtain a QR code for daily access through the gates. Please email [email protected] or call 213-764-4977 to receive a free QR Code to attend this event!
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08/14/2024

Nina Anto .wav is performing a concert of Polish songs 🎵 tomorrow, August 15, at 7:00 PM at the Solidarity restaurant in Santa Monica

08/08/2024

The final results are remarkable! 👏 Anna Czajka - a world-class specialist from Warsaw’s Central Archives of Historical Records (AGAD) - and her team have beautifully restored some of our valuable and very fragile items from the PMC’s Zygmunt and Luisa Stojowski Collection.

We’re incredibly thankful to Poland’s National Archives Archiwa Państwowe for their expertise and support.

Our archival work and collaborations are possible thanks to the incredible ongoing support from Taube Philanthropies

Learn more about this restoration project: https://tinyurl.com/4texna4f

07/11/2024

Our collaboration with the State Archive in Warsaw led to another exciting visit this year! Mr. Dominik Wiśniewski is an excellent archive specialist from Poland who together with our very own Tomasz Fechner currently works on the Zygmunt Stojowski collection at the USC Polish Music Center.

Huge thanks to the State Archive in Warsaw for making this collaboration possible!

06/28/2024

Now it’s official! 🥳🎉 Our Henryk Wars Collection has been added to the UNESCO Memory of The World list ❤️ Here are some photos from the ceremony that took place in Warsaw, Poland. Our PMC director, Marek Zebrowski, went to Poland together with Dennis Mitchell (Henryk Wars’s grandson) and Dennis’s wife, Yoko to participate in the award ceremony. During the official event, the guests also had a chance to hear some of Henryk Wars’s greatest hit songs!

Special thanks to for organizing this wonderful event!

Photo credit: Michał Gmitruk/Archiwa Państwowe

More info: https://tinyurl.com/uhuy4tra

06/18/2024

🎉 UNESCO HONORS THE HENRYK WARS COLLECTION FROM THE USC POLISH MUSIC CENTER ARCHIVES ‼️ 🙌

It’s a huge honor for us to announce that on June 26th at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda will present a UNESCO certificate to the USC Polish Music Center. The certificate will recognize our Henryk Wars Collection as a part of the UNESCO Memory of the World program!

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/uhuy4tra

Special thanks to

06/14/2024

We are getting closer and closer to the reveal! 😃 One of our collections has received a recommendation for the inclusion in this year’s UNESCO Memory of The World program. Here is a hint… Do you know who wrote this score? More information coming soon! 😊

Learn more about the UNESCO program: https://tinyurl.com/38ct49fs

Special thanks to

06/10/2024

Here is hint no. 2 ☺️ Do you know who wrote this score? Try to guess or wait for the official reveal at the end of June. One of our collections received a recommendation for inclusion in this year’s list of the incredibly prestigious UNESCO Memory of the World program. It’s a huge honor for us!

More about the UNESCO program: https://tinyurl.com/38ct49fs

Special thanks to

06/06/2024

‼️After several attempts at applying to the UNESCO Memory of the World program, USC Polish Music Center’s application received a recommendation for inclusion in this list! It’s a huge honor and the institutions awarded this distinction will be officially announced and recognized at a ceremony in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw at the end of June.

Are you curious why we applied? Here is a little hint 🕵️

05/21/2024

We regret to inform you that Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, a prolific composer of film scores in Poland Hollywood, passed away today. He was 71 years old.

Full obituary: https://tinyurl.com/59hsd4wr