Racer Session #558 | Marcin Pączkowski | Sunday February 5, 2023 at 7pm

Happy February Racerheads! We are overjoyed to welcome our dear old friend Marcin Pączkowski back to the Racer stage tonight! Marcin has been around the Racer Sessions since the very beginning and has contributed so much to the sessions, other Table & Chairs events, and the broader Seattle music scene, both on and off the stage. We are incredibly lucky to have such a wonderful, talented, and sweet person on our team!

Here’s what Marcin has to say about the session tonight:

“Racer Sessions have always been such an important part of my musical life in Seattle. I was fortunate to live just a few blocks up from the old location of Cafe Racer when the sessions started over a decade ago; since then this community became near and dear to my heart.

It’s been a while since I presented at the Racer and I am excited to show you some of my recent work with motion sensors and live electronics. I’ll also do some improvising, joined by my dear friend Ray Larsen, where our instrumental sounds will be processed live and controlled using the sensors. Finally, I’ll try realizing a new idea for playing an old piece... And as always, I’m looking forward to playing with everyone during the session!”

More about Marcin:

Marcin Pączkowski (pronounced `marr-cheen pawnch-`koav-skee) is a composer, conductor, digital artist, and performer, working with both traditional and electronic media. As a composer, he is focused on developing new ways of creating and performing computer music. His pieces involving real-time gestural control using accelerometers have been performed in the United States, Poland, Canada, and South Korea.
As a conductor he regularly works with Evergreen Community Orchestra, presenting concerts of diverse repertoire to local communities. He is also involved in performing new music and has led premieres of numerous works in Poland and in the United States.

He received his Ph.D. in Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) from the University of Washington in Seattle where he also worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar. He holds Masters' degrees from the Academy of Music in Kraków, Poland, and from the University of Washington. He received grants and commissions from Seattle Symphony, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, and from Polish Institute of Music and Dance.