Ptaszyńska, Marta
Biography
Born: 29 July 1943
Country: Warsaw, Russia
Studies: National Academy of Music in Warsaw
Teachers: Tadeusz Paciorkiewicz, Jerzy Zgodziński
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A composer and percussionist, Ptaszyńska was comprehensively educated in the percussion, having studied in Poznań with Jerzy Zgodziński, one of Poland's foremost percussionists, and then continuing her education at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she earned an Artist Diploma Degree in percussion instruments. The percussion has been central to most of her career. She has taught it at several American universities and colleges alongside lecturing composition. Twice a laureate of the Percussive Arts Society in the United States and recipient of its honorary award, Ptaszyńska has been its member and sat on its Board. She has also organized the International Percussion Workshops in Bydgoszcz, and served as an artistic advisor at the Polish Music Festival at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at the Lincoln Center in 1994 and 1996. Since 1972 Ptaszyńska has lived in the United States. More than that, she has been composing for the percussion, most of her works featuring this instrument in the forefront rather than the background.
Works for Percussion
Mallet Percussion Solo Works
Bells of St. Catherine - Glockenspiel
Blure Line - Marimba
Graffito - Marimba
Improvisation after J.R. - Vibraphone
The Twittering Tree - Xylophone
Percussion Concerto Works
Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra (Ptaszyńska)
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (Ptaszyńska)
Concerto for Percussion Quartet and Orchestra
With Piano Works
Cztery preludia - Vibraphone; Piano
Four Preludes for Vibraphone and Piano - Vibraphone; Piano
Little Mexican Fantasy - Multiple Percussion; Piano
Scherzo for Xylophone and Piano - Xylophone; Piano
Others
Siderals
Space Model - Multiple Percussion
Spider Walk - Multiple Percussion
Stress (Ptaszyńska)
Ensemble
Mobile - Percussion Duo
Suite Variée - Percussion Quartet; Piano
Little Mosaic
Little Mexican Phantasy - Percussion Septet; Piano
Colorful World of Percussion
Synchrony - Percussion Trio
Linear Constructions in Space - Percussion Sextet
Letter to the Sun - frame drum, percussion quartet and narrator
Primary Colors - Percussion Quartet
Scintilla - Percussion Duo; Marimba Duo
With Other Instrument Works
Ajikan - Unfolding Light - Multiple Percussion; Flute
Cadenze (Ptaszyńska) - Flute; Multiple Percussion
Classical Variations - Timpani; String Quartet
Dream Lands, Magic Spaces - Percussion Sextet; Violin; Piano
Jeu-Parti - Vibraphone; Harp
Music of Five Steps - Percussion Septet; Recorders (2)
Vocalise - Vibraphone; Voice
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