Dr. Golec completed her undergraduate education in Poland at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw and at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. She completed her graduate studies at Eastman School of Music (MM and DMA).
Official recognition for her as a composer came when she received an award for Fantazja Polska for piano and cello at the Patri Patriae All-Polish Composers Competition for a piece dedicated to Pope John Paul II. Fantazja Polska premiered at Ars Cameralis Silesiae Superioris Festival in 1997 (Katowice, Poland). The score of the piece has been kept in Vatican. Several of her compositions have been premiered at the annual Women in Music Festival in Rochester, New York. She was the assistant director of Women in Music Festival in the 2011-2012 season. Golec debuted at Carnegie Hall in 2005 and performed there again in 2006. In October 2006 she was named the Artist of the Month by the directors of the Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition for two consecutive years. Dr. Golec has taught a wide array of music courses including music history, appreciation, theory, fundamentals, aural skills, piano class,private lessons as well as coached vocalists and accompanied choruses at Eastman School, Nazareth College, Genesee Community College and SUNY Geneseo.
Classes
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MUSC 139: Piano I
This is a beginning course in piano aimed at providing students that have had little or no previous training in piano with basic skills in playing the piano. Foundational aspects of keyboard technique are built through the study of technical exercises and through elementary repertoire. Included is the reinforcement of fundamental skills in understanding and interpreting musical notation in an applied setting. This course will also reinforce music theoretical concepts presented in MUSC 189, and it will build a strong foundation of keyboard skills for the purposes of melody harmonization, improvisation, transposition, and sight reading. This course is offered in a class setting.
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MUSC 140: Piano II
This course is a continuation of MUSC 139, designed for students in their second semester of study, or for those who have had previous piano instruction at a basic level. It will build on the development of piano skills through appropriate technical exercises and repertoire. This course will also reinforce music theoretical concepts presented in MUSC 256, continuing to build skills in melody harmonization, improvisation, transposition, and sight reading. This course is offered in a class setting.
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MUSC 150: Piano for Performance Option
Instruction in piano designed for those admitted to the Performance Option-Piano.
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MUSC 240: Piano
A continuation of MUSC 140.
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MUSC 250: Piano for Performance Option
A continuation of MUSC 150.
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MUSC 340: Piano
A continuation of MUSC 240.
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MUSC 350: Piano for Performance Option
A continuation of MUSC 250.
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MUSC 450: Piano for Performance Option
A continuation of MUSC 350.
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MUSC 459: Senior Recital
Required of all music majors in the music performance option, to be taken in the senior year in preparation for a 1-hour recital of representative works studied, selected in consultation with the studio teacher, demonstrating knowledge of varied musical styles as well as professional standards of technique, musicality, and interpretation.