Ms. Mazurowski began her
musical studies at the age of five with piano lessons with Sister Adelaide
in the Provincial House just outside of Crookston, MN. In fourth grade she
added trumpet to her instrumental studies which she continued playing
through high school. She also continued with piano lessons, studying from
1978-1985 with Ms. Barbara Smith of Clearwater, FL, and continued briefly at
North Park College (nka University), Chicago, IL, (www.northpark.edu)
with Mr. Kimberly Schmidt.
While at North Park, she
sang in the College Choir and Chamber Singers, was president of the College
Choir her junior year, played trumpet briefly in the Jazz Band (under the
direction of Joe Lill) and participated from time to time in various wind
ensembles on trumpet and flute.
Ms. Mazurowski began her
vocal studies at North Park with Dr. Karen Bauer. While there she coached
with Dr. Elizabeth Buccheri and Dr. Terree Shofner. After her junior year
she was invited to volunteer with the Grant Park Symphony Chorus. Upon
graduation with a B.A. in music, she studied with Ms. Diane Ragains for two
years. She also began coaching with Ms. Judith Ault Jackson. Ms. Ragains
then recommended to her Ms. Winifred Brown, with whom she studied for two
years. Currently she studies with Ms. Judith Haddon and coaches still with
Ms. Jackson.
Ms. Mazurowski sang with
the Grant Park Symphony Chorus as a volunteer for five summers (1991-1995)
and was on their professional Supplemental Chorus list for five summers
(1996-2000). She was a supplemental chorister for the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra Chorus' (www.chicagosymphony.org)
production of Mahler's Symphony #8, under the direction of Christoph
Eschenbach. She sang as a chorister for Light Opera Works' production of The
Desert Song (1998). She sang as a first year member with the CSO chorus for
the 1999-2000 season for Bruckner's Mass in F Minor and Penderecki's Seven
Last Gates of Jerusalem, and as an intern member during the 2000-2001 season
which included a memorable performance at Carnegie Hall with the CSO chorus
accompanied by the Berlin Staatskapelle for Beethoven's Symphony #9.
As a soloist Ms. Mazurowski
has performed Vivaldi's Gloria (1st soprano) at New England Congregational
Church in Aurora, IL, Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio at First United
Methodist Church in Oak Park, IL and Mozart's Requiem at St. Paul of the
Cross in Park Ridge, IL where she has also been a cantor.
