Welcome to the Ms. Mazurowski's events page, updated Monday August 18, 2008

An Evening of Opera Arias and Scenes
Rosalind Lee - soprano, Nancy Wiebe Mazurowski - soprano, Travis Palmer - tenor, and Brad Whaley - baritone, are proud to present An Evening of Opera Arias and Scenes with Anatoliy Torchinskiy, piano.
The recital will include selections from Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Bizet, Leoncavallo, and Carlisle Floyd.
 

Performances are:

Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 8pm (Grace Episcopal Church, 924 Lake St., Oak Park, IL, 60301 and
Sunday, August 31, 2008 at 2:30pm (Anderson Chapel on North Park University's campus; Anderson Chapel is approx. 3300 W Foster, at the SE corner of Foster and Spaulding, which is between Kedzie and Kimball; there is street parking, meter parking on Foster, and a parking lot on the SE corner of Kedzie and Foster).

These performances are open to the public. There is no cost. At some of the venues they may be a free will offering taken.
 

Recent Events

Saturday, October 6th, 7:30 at North Park University's Anderson Chapel (corner of Foster and Spaulding): Choir and Ensemble Concert. $8 gen. admission; $5 seniors, non-NPU students and NPU faculty/staff; free for NPU students.
I will be SOLOING on some songs (as will most everyone else in the ensemble at some point) with the Chamber Singer ensemble (eight person ensemble directed by Wayland Rogers). The University Choir (directed by Rollo Dilworth) and the
Women's ensemble will also be performing. This music is so incredible! If you can make it, come!! Chamber Singers will be singing: Valse avec choeur (Georges Bizet); Nicolette (Maurice Ravel); Trois beaux oiseaux du Paradis (Maurice
Ravel); Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder & Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain (both from Trois Chansons by Claude Debussy); Under the Willow Tree from Vanessa (Samuel Barber).

Sunday, October 7th - Chicago Marathon to raise money for Aids in Africa.  Check out the website:  http://www.firstgiving.com/nancymaz

Friday, October 19, 2007 8:00 p.m., Chorus Angelorum, Mark Kruczek, Director (Mark is a phenomenal musician, Julliard trained - you need to read his bio at www.chorusangelorum.com will be joining the ranks of Chorus Angelorum as we present Bach's Mass in B Minor. Cathedral of the Holy Angels, West 7th Avenue and Tyler Street, Gary, Indiana. This is a free concert, appropriate for those eight years old and above.

On March 30 & 31, 2007 Ms. Mazurowski joined her sister, Sandra Caye Thiessen at the 2007 Community Ladies' Conference in Enumclaw, Washington (just outside Seattle)   Ms. Thiessen will speak and sing, and Ms. Mazurowski will play piano and lead conference participants in singing worship songs.  Ms. Mazuroski and Ms. Thiessen will  sing a duet, "You Raise Me Up" during the ladies' conference and again during Sunday services at Lake Tapps Community Church in Sumner, Washington.   See www.communityladiesconference.com for more information.
 

Wunder Studios Concert
Thanks to all of you who attended the Wunder Studios Faculty Recital on Sunday, October 29, 2006. It was great to see you: Linda and Charis Rich; the wonderful nurses from Dr. Boxer's office - Sue, Linda, Jeanie; my mother-in-law (wonderful nurse from Dr. Aberiotis' office) Pat Mazurowski; my husband,
Steve Mazurowski; Terry (my student) and Angela Muellner." "Thanks to Martin, Michael (Barrette), Erin, Anatoliy, Chris, and Michael (Brennan) for putting on such a fun performance with me. You certainly are top of the line musicians, and teaching with you at Wunder Studios is a privilege." 

Those participating in this concert were: 

Performers: Nancy Wiebe Mazurowski, Voice; Erin Fishler, Voice; Martin Pazdioch, Voice; Michael Barrette,
Voice; Anatoliy Torchinskiy, Piano; Jason Miller, Guitar; Chris Mathieu, Piano. Nancy will be singing: Songs of Travel, No. 6 The Infinite Shining Heavens by Ralph Vaughan Williams; El Majo Discreto, and La Maja Dolorosa #3 by Enrique Granados; Leavin' On a Jet Plane by John Denver; Bachianas Brazilieros N. 5,
Aria (Cantilena) by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Over the Rainbow by Arlen-Harburg. She will join Martin for Manhattan Medley, and complete the quartet of voices for I Wish I Were in Love Again, and Mountain Greenery.

Juried Art Exhibit
A piece of Nancy's artwork, a glitter sign titled "Performers Music",was recently accepted by Semeiotic, a juried art exhibit that features both visual and performance art. Semeiotic is also a participant of the Andersonville Arts Weekend.

Chorus Angelorum Concert
Nancy joined the ranks of Chorus Angelorum again this year for their annual concert. They celebrated the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The program was comprised of Mozart's Fantasia in F Minor, K. 594; Regina coeli; Ave verum corpus; Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183, and "Coronation" Mass.

In April, 2006, Ms. Mazurowski appeared in The Night Hank Williams Died by Larry L. King, in the role of Nellie Bess Powers Clark, presented by Red Ink Productions at First Free. This play is a tragedy, and not appropriate for children, yet well written and thought provoking. "A former high school football hero dreams of success in Nashville. Will he leave the comfort of his tiny Texas hometown?"

Sisters Sandra Caye Thiessen and Nancy Wiebe Mazurowski, led the 2006 Women's Conference, hosted by Hillside Community Church, Enumclaw, WA, (just outside of Seattle) March 17-18, 2006. Ms. Thiessen spoke and sang, and Ms. Mazurowski led the attenders in singing worship songs, and the sisters sang "Wonderful, Merciful Savior" as a duet. Cassette tapes for the event may be purchased for $16 which includes shipping, by contacting Hillside Community Church, 24015 SE 436th Way, Enumclaw, WA 98022, 360.825.1694, office@hillside-communitychurch.org.

It's CELEBRATION TIME as Ms. Mazurowski won 4th place in the American Idol Underground's Inaugural Classical Competition with her version of the spiritual, "Sometimes I Feel." Although the Idolunderground.com website incorrectly lists it as a song from Theresa and Nancy's Recital CD, you can listen to the song at cdbaby.com.

On January 23rd Ms. Mazurowski went in for an emergency appendectomy at Resurrection Hospital (on Talcott) in northwest Chicago. She says everyone was wonderful there, and she thanks: the security guard who helped alert the intake clerk, the intake clerk, Nikki, Mary, Dr. Mangiarre, Dr. Oh, the dr. who took over for Dr. Oh, Dr. Reishus and his whole team, Dr. Ballantine, anesthesiologist Dr. Ravishankar (seriously musician fans, it is his real last name), Janet, Luella, Sheila, Dr. B., Dr. Marvin Tiesenga, Dr. Fred Tiesenga, the surgical team she never met, the transporters (one man, one woman) who took her to the CT scan, the woman who did the CT scan, Tina, Theresa, Lisa Eng, Georgian, Tanny, Tracy, Juana, the man and woman on the team who came to draw blood following surgery. Apologies are offered for any misspellings and omissions! Ms. Mazurowski is doing well and is back to teaching and singing.

To read a letter of recommendation from colleague, Ina Heup, click on References on the left side of this page.

CD Information:

Nancy Wiebe Mazurowski's O.A.S.I.S. 2004 CD is now on sale through cdbaby.com. This CD contains the following pieces: Let There Be Praise; Ici-bas; I Will Listen; Deep Water; Cry a River; This Little Bird; Litany; Angel Wings; Sometimes I Feel; Somewhere Down the Road; Takes a Little Time; Luck; I Never Has Seen Snow; An Die Musik; Make His Praise Glorious. CLICK ON THIS LINK TO BUY (you can also listen to some of the CD for free!):

http://www.cdbaby.com/mazurowski2

The recital CD, Theresa Enright and Nancy Wiebe Mazurowski, sopranos - 2000 is also now available using cdbaby.com. This CD contains the following songs, arias and duets: The Lord Is My Strength and My Song (from Israel In Egypt by G.F. Handel); As When the Dove Laments Her Love (from Acis and Galatea by G.F. Handel); If Music Be the Food Of Love (Third Version; by Henry Purcell); Vergin tutt'amor (Francesco Durante); Ständchen (Richard Strauss); Ich Schwebe (Richard Strauss); Heimliche Aufforderung (Richard Strauss); Wohin habt ihr getragen? (from motet Op. 39, #3 by Felix Mendelssohn); Puisqu'ici bas toute âme (Op. 10 by Gabriel Fauré); Quatre chansons de jeunesse (Pantomime; Claire de lune [1re version]; Pierrot; Apparition; by Claude Debussy); A Piper (Michael Head); Sweet Chance That Led My Steps Abroad (Michael Head); Loveliest Of Trees (John Duke); Sound the Trumpet (Henry Purcell); Sous le dôme épais (from Lakmé by Léo Delibes) CLICK ON THIS LINK TO BUY (you can also listen to some of the CD for free!):

http://www.cdbaby.com/mazurowski1