Education

2008Doctor of Musical Arts
Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
Major: Violin Performance
2008Alumni Fellow
The Academy. A program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School of Music and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education.
A two-year fellowship program for the finest young professional musicians designed to develop the artistic values and skills necessary for careers that combine musical excellence with education, community engagement, advocacy, and leadership.
2002Master of Music
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Major: Violin performance
2000Master of Music, Diploma with Highest Distinction
Music Academy, Poznan, Poland
Major: Violin Performance
2000Pedagogy and Education Degree
Music Academy in Poznan and College of Education
Interdepartmental two-year program preparing for college level teaching
2000Postgraduate Diploma in the field of Culture Management
College of Social Skills, Poznan, Poland
One-year certificate in Arts Management

Teaching Highlights

2008-presentVisiting Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Undergraduate Chamber Music
Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
Other work duties include individual violin instruction, assisting with outreach programs, chamber music instruction
2011Faculty, Carnegie Hall's Professional Training Workshop
Merida, Mexico
2002-2004Graduate Teaching Assistant
Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
2007Fellow
The Academy.
A program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School of Music and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education Teaching in New York City Public Schools, designing and developing string programs in public schools
2002-2004Chamber Music Coach
Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
Pre-College Division
2002-2005Teacher
Huntington Music Academy, Huntington, New York
Violin Studio, all ages
2000-2002Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Violin Studio (undergraduate)
1996-2000Teacher
Music Academy, Poznan, Poland
Taught at the undergraduate level, chamber music and violin instruction

Performance Highlights

2010 Steingraeber Hall, Bayreuth, Germany
Recital during Richard Wagner festival
2010 Guggenheim Museum, New York
World Premiere of composition of American composer Gabriela Lena Frank
2010 Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Six concerts representing New York’s Carnegie Hall
2010 Chamber Music on the Hill, Maryland
2010 Summer Music Festival, Hood College, Maryland
2008 In performance with Emerson String Quartet
Invitation to perform with 8-times Grammy winners in a gala concert celebrating 20th anniversary of Staller Center, Stony Brook, New York.
2007-2008 Ensemble ACJW, The Academy.
A program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School of Music and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
More than twenty chamber music and chamber orchestra concerts in Carnegie Hall, Juilliard School, as well as Skidmore College residency
2007 First Violinist, Vega String Quartet
West Coast concert tour. Offered permanent position as the first violinist with the Vega String Quartet (more than 20 years of career) and the teaching position at Emory University, Atlanta (declined due to commitment to THE ACADEMY position).
2006 Carnegie Hall, New York
Premiere of Messiaen Sept Haikai with conductor David Robertson
2005, 2006 Itzhak Perlman Chamber Music Program, New York
Chamber music program with Itzhak Perlman, invited for two consecutive summers
2003, 05, 06 Music@Menlo Festival, Bay Area, California
Organized by Directors of Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society
2005 Stanford University Chamber Music Institute with St. Lawrence String Quartet
2004 Carnegie Hall, New York
Five concerts- solo and chamber music- with Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble
2004 Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, Massachusetts
Performance with Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble
2004 First Contemporary Music Institute and Festival, New York
2004 European String Academy, Bonn, Germany
Chamber music performances with such artists as Ida Bieler, Nina Tichman, Gustav Rivinius, Philip Setzer. Venues included Beethoven's House in Bonn.
2004 New World Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas
European Tour
2003 Carnegie Hall, Michael Tilson Thomas
Professional workshop
2002 Aspen Music Festival
Performed Brahms concerto as a soloist with the American Academy of Conducting Orchestra

Major Press and Media Appearances

2010 Nordbayerischer Kurier
Major Review after concert in Bayreuth in German newspaper
2009 Gazeta Pomorska
Major interview with major Polish newspaper
2007 Strings Magazine
How to Teach Your Children Well
(November, 2007)
2007 Kurier Plus
Front page interview in the large Polish magazine
2005 Appearance in the television documentary about Yo-Yo Ma and his Silk Road Project in a TV series on Japanese Television Station NHK
2004 The Strad
Magazine Mention
2004 All Things Considered, National Public Radio (NPR)
Featured interview and performance together with Yo-Yo Ma.
2003 Minnesota Public Radio Radio appearance
2003 Nowy Dziennik
Interview in the largest Polish magazine in the U.S.

Awards and Prizes

2009 Liszt-Garrison Festival and International Piano Competition
First Prize in collaborative artists category Special Prize for Best Performance of Franz Liszt’s works Special Prize: recital in Bayreuth, Germany at Wagner Festival multiple performance prizes
2005 Pro Musicis International Competition
Finalist
2005, 2006 Winner of full scholarship for Perlman Music Program
2004 Winning the auditions in Carnegie Hall to play 5 concerts with Yo-Yo Ma in Carnegie Hall
2004 Full scholarship for Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance in New York
2003 Winner of the auditions at Carnegie Hall to play at Michael Tilson Thomas two concerts in Carnegie Hall
2003 Full scholarship to Music at Menlo Festival in California
2003 Full scholarship to Pacific Music Festival in Japan
2002 Full tuition and Teaching Assistantship at State University of New York, Stony Brook
2002 Full scholarship to Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival
2002 Winner of the full fellowship from International Aspen Music Festival and performance prize to play with American Academy of Conducting
2002 Juillian Olevsky Prize for the best musician of University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2000 Full tuition and Teaching Assistantship from University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1996 Full scholarship at the Music Academy in Poznan, Poland
1995 Polish Violin Competition, Third prize

Orchestra Experience

2007-2008 The Academy
Performances in Carnegie Hall with conductors like Reinbert De Leeuw, James Conlon, Christopher Hogwood
2004-2005 New World Symphony, Miami, Florida
First violin section Rome Tour, Florida tour
2004 European String Academy Chamber Orchestra
Germany Tour, first violin
2002-2004 Stony Brook University Orchestra
Concertmaster and section
2003 Carnegie Hall, Michael Tilson Thomas' chamber orchestra
First violin
2002 Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
First violin in the Academy, Academy of Conducting Orchestra (conductors included David Zinman, James Conlon, Michael Tilson Thomas).
2000-2002 University of Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra
Concertmaster and section
1994-1996 Jeunesses Musicales Symphony Orchestra
Concertmaster