Lira returns to presenting its annual soirée at the
Polish Consulate in Chicago Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 – 5:30pm Join us for an evening of spectacular music featuring Khary Laurent, bass-baritone in a program of Polish, American & French music.
The evening will begin with cocktails and canapés and end with a scrumptious Polish buffet supper.
This is a fundraiser for the Lira Ensemble of Chicago For more information CALL (773)-505-8731
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Lira is once again offering tours of Poland this summer.
of AMERICAN & POLISH SACRED MUSIC to Remember the 20th ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11
& to Honor the BEATIFICATION of CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZYNSKI at St. John Brebeuf in Niles, IL.
We were told it was a “Feast for the Soul.” The entire concert is available to view here:https://youtu.be/lVNJRXcqdkQ
Dr. Regina Bowgierd with Lech Walesa
NEW SCHOLARSHIP FOR POLISH STUDIES
AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
The Lira Ensemble has been Artist-in-Residence at Loyola University Chicago for the past 25 years. Since Lira was instrumental in creating the excellent Polish Studies Program at Loyola, we are delighted to announce the recipients of a new scholarship for the Program, a scholarship funded by Lira supporter, the late Dr. Regina Bowgierd.