contact               

monikadalachcomposer@gmail.com

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education

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MMus in Classical Composition: Master Degree (Postgraduate), Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London (2016-2017)

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BMus in Classical Composition: Bachelor Degree (Undergraduate), The Academy of Music in Lodz, Poland (2012-2015)

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BA in Creative Writing and Cultural Studies: Bachelor Degree (Undergraduate), The University of Lodz, Poland (2012-2015)

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courses

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Experimental Film and Moving Image: 

London College of Communication (2020)

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Opera Making & Writing in Association with The Royal Opera House: one of three selected writers, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London (1 year: 2018-2019)

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International Summer Courses for New Music Darmstadt 2018: one of five composers selected to participate in the

Dance & Music workshop led by Stefan Prins and Daniel Linehan

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International Composition Course fo New Musik 'Next Generation 2017': Donaueshinger Musiktage, Germany 

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International Summer Course for Composers SYNTHETIS 2017: with Stefan Prins, Marco Stroppa, Agata Zubel, Ramon Lazkano, Radziejowice, Poland

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International Summer Course for Composers SYNTHETIS 2016: with Johannes Kreidler, Mark Andre, Martin Bresnick, Zygmunt Krauze, Radziejowice, Poland

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awards

 

Guildhall Artist Fellowship 2018-2019: Dramatic Writing, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

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Artistic Scholarship of the Marshal of the City of Lodz 2018: Classical Composition

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Guildhall Artist Fellowship 2017-2018:  Classical Composition & Dramatic Writing, Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

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Tracy Chadwell Prize: for the new piece composed for soprano and ensemble (Lily ist von Ihrem... Abenteuer zurückgekehrt in collaboration with writer, Oge Nwosu) performed during Voiceworks 2017 at Wigmore Hall in London

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Witold Lutoslawski Scholarship 2016: for one selected polish composer or musician studying abroad, Stowarzyszenie Witolda Lutoslawskiego, Warsaw, Poland

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competitions

WRITING:

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1st Prize for the Dinner for Two

at the II National Competition for the New Theatre Play: The Pulse of Literature Festival, Poland (2015)

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COMPOSITION:

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Finalist at the USA International Composition Contest 2016: stuck.in.magazine for Harp Solo and live electronics, Bloomington, Indiana 

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2nd Prize at the 56th Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition organized by Association of Polish composers 2015: Mazovia Region Centre of Culture and Art in Warsaw, Poland

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3rd Prize at the Composers Competition for Electroacustic Composition 2014: Oskar Kolberg's Philharmonic in Kielce, Poland

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1st Prize at the Little Symphony Composition Contest for the New Orchestra Work Pandora, 2014: The Academy of Music in Lodz, Poland

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Finalist at the 56th Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition organized by Association of Polish composers 2014: Mazovia Region Centre of Culture and Art in Warsaw, Poland

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lectures

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Blind - the new chamber opera

Guildhall School of Music & Drama, 2019

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Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants in New Music: 

about the article by Monika Pasiecznik

Guildhall School of Music & Drama, 2018 

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masterclasses

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with Alexander Schubert, Johannes Kreidler,

Mark Andre, Ashley Fure, Stefan Prins, Marco Stroppa, Ramon Lazkano, Julian Anderson, Agata Zubel, Zygmunt Krauze