Marcin Pączkowski

About Marcin

Marcin Pączkowski (pronounced `marr-cheen pawnch-`koav-skee) is a composer, conductor, digital artist, and performer, working with both traditional and electronic media. As a composer, he is focused on developing new ways of creating and performing computer music, and his pieces involving real-time gestural control using accelerometers have been performed in the United States, Poland, Canada, and South Korea.

As the Music Director of Evergreen Community Orchestra, he presents concerts of diverse repertoire to local communities. He is also involved in performing new music and has led premieres of numerous works in Poland and in the United States.

With an affinity for playing music with others, Marcin actively participates in the Seattle-area improvised music community, performing on various instruments. He received grants and commissions from the Seattle Symphony, City of Seattle, Seattle Polish Foundation, eScience Institute, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, and from Polish Institute of Music and Dance.

Qualifications

PhD, Digital Arts and Experimental Media
University of Washington

MM, Composition
University of Washington

MA, Conducting
Academy of Music in Kraków

MA, Composition
Academy of Music in Kraków