The Mariański Choir ( pl, Chór Mariański), also known as the Maryan Choir, is a mixed

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based at the Lazarite

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, Poland. The choir's repertoire includes works of great masters, religious compositions of Polish and foreign composers, international songs and folk songs, and fragments of operas and musicals. Mariański Choir was founded in 1932. Since 1968, the group has been led by conductor Jan Rybarski. Members of the choir have varying levels of experience ranging from several months to over 40 years. Recently the choir toured in

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, and

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Conductor

Jan Rybarski (b. 1941), conductor and organist, graduated from the Secondary School for Organists in

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and the Music High School in Kraków. His tutors were Idzi Ogierman-Mański, Józef Radwan and Jerzy Kurcz. In 2001 he received a doctoral degree in directing from the

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. Rybarski has been a lecturer of music conducting at the

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in Kraków. He is an Artistic Director of the Polish Federation of Choirs and Orchestras in Kraków and teaches organ and choral music. In recognition of his contribution to local culture and art, Rybarski received the Kraków Voivode Prize in 1995 and the Medal of the National Education Committee in 2003.

Awards

The choir has won many awards. The Grand Prix prizes and the first place awards include a gold medal at the Polish Festival of choral song in

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popu ...

, a Grand Prix at a competition dedicated to

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in Kraków, and festivals of Christmas carols at

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and in

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. Prizes were won at festivals in Misdroy, Caecilianum (2000) and in

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(2004), Loretto and

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in Italy,

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, Mogilev, and in

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and

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Notes and references

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