Szoka, Marta

MA: theory of music and organ class at Academy of Music, Łódź; PhD: Polish Organ Music 1945-1985, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institut of Arts, Warsaw 1988; Fulbright scholar - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1993-1994. In 1982-2000 has given numerous organ recitals in Poland and in the USA, Germany, Danmark, Switzerland. Author of the monograph The Musical Language of Frank Martin, Łódź 1995 and Frank Martin. Musical Contexts, Łódź 2002; co-author of the lexicon Composers of Łódź 1945-2000, Łódź 2001, and author of numerous articles on contemporary music, including Polish, Lithuanian and American composers, as for example W. Albright, F. Bajoras, Ph. Glass, A. Tansman, G. Crumb, P. Mykietyn. In 2002-2008 the dean of the Department of Composition, Theory of Music, Eurhythmics and Art Education, Academy of Music, Łódź, Poland, where at present she works as a professor. The member of Warsaw Autumn Festival programme committee since 2003.