Welcome! Witam!
My name is Laura Kafka-Price and I am a voice teacher and music and language educator specializing in performing and teaching Polish repertoire.
My two publications focus on songs by Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) and Sal Ferrantelli (b. 1940). The publications are complete pronunciation guides for singers with IPA transcriptions, word-by-word translations, and accompanying audio and video recordings. I hope these will inspire and help you to sing in Polish!
I invite you to view the free examples of what you will find in the publications.
Each instructional guide is expertly designed to develop your pronunciation skills when singing in Polish.
With each guide you will receive…
Pronunciation Guides
- Audio recordings of songs
- Audio recordings of the poems recited in Polish
- IPA pronunciation guide
- Word by word translation to English
- Short verbal exercises
- Intoning
Pronunciation Guides
- Audio recordings of songs
- Audio recordings of the poems recited in Polish
- IPA pronunciation guide
- Word by word translation to English
- Short verbal exercises
- Intoning
Video Guides
As a companion to the Pronunciation Guides, the Video Guides are recordings of a native Polish singer pronouncing the verbal exercises for each song.
Musical Scores
- Beautifully engraved scores with English translations are included with each pronunciation guide
- Digital versions include printable PDFs of musical scores
- Audio recordings of the piano accompaniments for you to work with
Musical Scores
- Beautifully engraved scores with English translations are included with each pronunciation guide
- Digital versions include printable PDFs of musical scores
- When available, English translations are also included as a separate score
- Audio recordings of the piano accompaniments for you to work with
Get started with a free guide!
Your instructors…
Laura Kafka-Price is an American soprano of Polish heritage from Monterey, California with a multi-dimensional career as a singer, musicologist, and educator. She is a Lecturer at The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University. She maintains a private teaching studio and an active singing career.
Dr. Laura Kafka-Price is the originator and co-producer of the Children’s Rhymes Project.
Maksymilian Krzak is a violist who earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in his hometown of Gdańsk, Poland and he is also a graduate of The Peabody Conservatory, where he received a second master’s degree. He is a recipient of a scholarship from The Kosciuszko Foundation in New York.
Mr. Krzak, having also studied voice performance in Poland, is co-author of the introductory chapter on Polish pronunciation, general editor and advisor for the IPA transcriptions, word-by-word translations, and Polish lyric diction pronunciation coach for Kafka-Price’s publications: Szklana góra (Glass Mountain) for Soprano and Piano: Polish Pronunciation Guide for Singers and Karol Szymanowski, Rymy dziecięce op. 49 for Voice and Piano: Polish Pronunciation Guide for Singers.
Tomasz Robak is a Polish-American concert pianist, chamber musician, vocal coach, organist, and educator who has performed across the United States and in Europe. A graduate of Rice University and the Peabody Conservatory, he was a Fulbright grantee to Poland in 2018. He currently works for the music department at Davidson College in North Carolina and maintains an active performing schedule.
Dr. Robak is the voice heard reciting Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna’s poems, as well as the verbal warm-up exercises, and intoning Karol Szymanowski’s Rymy dziecięce op. 49 song cycle for Kafka-Price’s publication. He is also the pianist on our recordings of the songs.
Laura Kafka-Price is an American soprano of Polish heritage from Monterey, California with a multi-dimensional career as a singer, musicologist, and educator. She is a Lecturer at The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University. She maintains a private teaching studio and an active singing career.
Dr. Laura Kafka-Price is the originator and co-producer of the Children’s Rhymes Project.
Maksymilian Krzak is a violist who earned Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in his hometown of Gdańsk, Poland and he is also a graduate of The Peabody Conservatory, where he received a second master’s degree. He is a recipient of a scholarship from The Kosciuszko Foundation in New York.
Mr. Krzak, having also studied voice performance in Poland, is co-author of the introductory chapter on Polish pronunciation, general editor and advisor for the IPA transcriptions, word-by-word translations, and Polish lyric diction pronunciation coach for Kafka-Price’s publications: Szklana góra (Glass Mountain) for Soprano and Piano: Polish Pronunciation Guide for Singers and Karol Szymanowski, Rymy dziecięce op. 49 for Voice and Piano: Polish Pronunciation Guide for Singers.
Tomasz Robak is a Polish-American concert pianist, chamber musician, vocal coach, organist, and educator who has performed across the United States and in Europe. A graduate of Rice University and the Peabody Conservatory, he was a Fulbright grantee to Poland in 2018. He currently works for the music department at Davidson College in North Carolina and maintains an active performing schedule.
Dr. Robak is the voice heard reciting Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna’s poems, as well as the verbal warm-up exercises, and intoning Karol Szymanowski’s Rymy dziecięce op. 49 song cycle for Kafka-Price’s publication. He is also the pianist on our recordings of the songs.