Barbara Jazwinski

Barbara Jazwinski’s music has been heard throughout North America, Europe, and the Far East. Her portfolio, influenced by her Polish heritage and by the culture of New Orleans, her home for many years, includes over 100 original compositions in various genres and for many different vocal and instrumental ensembles. She has been commissioned by many artists and ensembles around the world and her works have been presented to critical acclaim at well-known concert series and international festivals. Barbara Jazwinski’s compositions are available on several recording labels, and on websites and radio stations around the world including Navona Records, Vienna Modern Masters, Capstone, Lorelt, Ravello and Musiques Suisses labels. A digital album entitled Designs in Blue Shadows featuring six of her chamber works was published in 2020 and is available on many websites and radio stations including Apple Music, Amazon, Pandora, Spotify, Naxos, and YouTube. In 2022, her work Fantasy on Jazz was recorded by Samuel Marques (Portugal) and the Royal National Orchestra of Scotland for release on Navona Records.

Jazwinski studied composition and theory at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, Poland. She received her M.A. degree in composition and piano from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in composition from the City University of New York. Her teachers included Mario Davidovsky, Gyorgy Ligeti, and John Chowning. Currently, she is Head of the Composition Program at the Newcomb Music Department, Tulane University, in New Orleans.