Episode 378 - Petar Kodzas

 Petar Kodzas was born in what’s now Serbia but was, at the time, Yugoslavia.

During college, Petar toured and recorded as a lutenist with an early music ensemble; he played over 100 shows at the professional musical theatre, sat in jazz sessions, and performed throughout the former Yugoslavia as a musical ambassador for the international organization Jeunesses Musicales.

Petar was also Senior Instructor in Guitar for the Eastman Community Music School from 1997 to 2017, and since then he’s been performing mostly on his laptop keyboard in his administrative role as an Associate Dean and Director of the Eastman Community Music School. 

SONG 1: La Camorra, Movement I: Soledad; Composer: Astor Piazzolla; 

Performers: Astor Piazzolla with Quinteto Nuevo Tango https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-h-TRKJrsE

SONG 2: Ave Maria, gratia plena…virgo serena; Composer: Josquin des Prez; Performers: The Hilliard Ensemble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O16_dwmKpjo

SONG 3: Symphony No. 3 Op. 36 (1976) Movement II; Composer: Henryk Górecki; Performers: Zofia KIlanowicz (Soprano) Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit, Conductor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqLXliq-WP0