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Marcin Pączkowski
Marcin Pączkowski [pawnch-`koavz-kee] is a composer, conductor, digital artist, and performer, working with both traditional and electronic media. He is the music director of the Evergreen Community Orchestra and collaborates with numerous ensembles, including Inverted Space, Vivat Musica, and Seattle Modern Orchestra.As a composer, he focuses on developing new ways of creating and performing computer music. His works involving real-time gestural control using accelerometers have been performed worldwide.
He has received grants and commissions from the Seattle Symphony, eScience Institute, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, and the Polish Institute of Music and Dance. He received his Ph.D. in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He also holds Master’s degrees from the Academy of Music in Kraków, Poland, and the University of Washington.