| 2008 | Doctor of Musical Arts
Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
Major: Violin Performance |
| 2008 | Alumni 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. |
| 2002 | Master of Music
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Major: Violin performance |
| 2000 | Master of Music, Diploma with Highest Distinction
Music Academy, Poznan, Poland
Major: Violin Performance |
| 2000 | Pedagogy and Education Degree
Music Academy in Poznan and College of Education
Interdepartmental two-year program preparing for college level teaching |
| 2000 | Postgraduate Diploma in the field of Culture Management
College of Social Skills, Poznan, Poland
One-year certificate in Arts Management |
| 2008-present | Visiting 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 |
| 2011 | Faculty, Carnegie Hall's Professional Training Workshop
Merida, Mexico |
| 2002-2004 | Graduate Teaching Assistant
Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York |
| 2007 | 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 Teaching in New York City Public Schools, designing and developing string programs in public schools |
| 2002-2004 | Chamber Music Coach
Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York
Pre-College Division |
| 2002-2005 | Teacher
Huntington Music Academy, Huntington, New York
Violin Studio, all ages |
| 2000-2002 | Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Violin Studio (undergraduate) |
| 1996-2000 | Teacher
Music Academy, Poznan, Poland
Taught at the undergraduate level, chamber music and violin instruction |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |