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PAMS_Pamietnik_2016_Organization_PAMS 2/1/2016 12:49 PM Page 22 Educational Funds of the Polish-American Medical Society The Academic Fund PAMS Academic Fund provides tuition scholarships to qualified graduate students from the Chicago area – for studies at a medical, dental or veterinary school in the US or in Poland. Applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents of Polish descent, be enrolled full-time in one of the above schools with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Selection is based on academic excellence, applicant’s other achievements and interests, involvement in the Polish-American community and financial need. Application deadline is January 15th each year. The Examination and Science Fund The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial help towards tuition cost of the course preparing medical graduates from Poland to pass theAmerican licensing examination; and to award research, science and achievement grants and prizes to recognize outstanding efforts of medical students and graduates of Polish descent in the Chicago area. 36
PAMS_Pamietnik_2016_Organization_PAMS 2/1/2016 12:49 PM Page 23 Paderewski Symphony Orchestra of Chicago, Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center THE PADEREWSKI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Polish-American Symphony Orchestra (PASO), under the leadership of Barbara Bilszta, debuted at the Harold Washington Public Library in Chicago in 1997 with a concert featuring Polish (Moniuszko) and American (Copland) music and was received with enthusiasm by a multi-ethnic audience. In 1999 the Orchestra was re-named for Jan Ignacy Paderewski - a virtuoso pianist, composer, statesman and the first Prime Minister of a reborn Poland. Thanks to the support of Polish and American communities the organization has grown from a small chamber ensemble to a large cultural organization with permanent staff, a strong team of volunteers, its own Choir and an Academy of Music for children and youth. Its mission is to organize concerts of Polish music, to promote Polish music and culture in the US and to provide music education. Under the baton of Wojciech Niewrzol PASO has performed 210 concerts of Polish music by Moniuszko, Paderewski, Chopin, Szymanowski, Gorecki, Penderecki, Kilar; as well as American and World music for over 240 000 listeners in Chicagoland’s concert halls, including the Copernicus Center, Harris Theatre, Rosemont Theatre and Orchestra Hall at the Symphony Center. Thanks to a partnership with the Copernicus Foundation, PASO has presented a number of complex, multimedia projects, e.g. Pan Tadeusz, Carnival in Venice, Dancing Chopin, Theatre of Song, Music of Polish Kings. Its staging of the American premiere of Moniuszko’s Straszny Dwor at the Rosemont Theatre met with such applause that PASO is planning to present it at Chicago’s Lyric Opera stage on April 9-10, 2016 with the participation of opera singers from Poland. True to the Orchestra’s educational mission, its director, Barbara Bilszta, herself an accomplished musician, has also organized radio programs, press releases, meetings, presentations and master classes. 120 children are enrolled in PASO’s Academy of Music. Concerts for students of 35 Polish Saturday Schools have attracted over 27 000 listeners. For their efforts ad accomplishments Barbara Bilszta and Wojcich Niewrzol have received numerous Polish and American cultural and leadership honors - Medal for Promoting Polish Music , the State of Illinois Outstanding Public Servant Award, the Cook County Certificate of Excellence, Silver Gloria Artis Medal , Citibank’s Charisma Award for Outstanding Leadership and “ Best of the Best” title by the audience. 37
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