{"id":27603,"date":"2024-06-21T11:53:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/?p=27603"},"modified":"2024-06-21T11:53:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T15:53:15","slug":"new-book-by-greg-witul-chronicles-the-history-of-the-chopin-singing-society-of-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2024\/06\/new-book-by-greg-witul-chronicles-the-history-of-the-chopin-singing-society-of-buffalo\/","title":{"rendered":"New book by Greg Witul chronicles the history of the Chopin Singing Society of Buffalo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nestled in the heart of Cheektowaga, New York, the Frederick Chopin Singing Society of Buffalo stands as a testament to the enduring power of music and community. Founded in 1899 by Boleslaus Michalski, a Polish immigrant and organist at St. Adalbert\u2019s Basilica, the society has been a cornerstone of Buffalo&#8217;s cultural life for over a century.<\/p>\n<p>The society recently celebrated its 125th anniversary, marking the occasion with a special event featuring a presentation and book signing by Gregory Witul, who chronicled the society&#8217;s history in his book &#8220;The Frederick Chopin Singing Society of Buffalo NY, 1899-2024&#8221;. This milestone event not only commemorated the society&#8217;s past but also looked forward to its future contributions to Buffalo&#8217;s cultural tapestry. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Frederick-Chopin-Singing-Society-Buffalo\/dp\/B0D4PF954H\">You can purchase and find out more about the book by clicking here<\/a> or at events that the Singing Society performs at. Their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chopinsingingsociety.com\/\">http:\/\/www.chopinsingingsociety.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27604\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2024\/06\/new-book-by-greg-witul-chronicles-the-history-of-the-chopin-singing-society-of-buffalo\/screenshot-2024-06-21-at-11-44-06-the-frederick-chopin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-21-at-11-44-06-The-Frederick-Chopin-.png?fit=274%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"274,405\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2024-06-21 at 11-44-06 The Frederick Chopin [&amp;#8230;]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-21-at-11-44-06-The-Frederick-Chopin-.png?fit=274%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27604\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-21-at-11-44-06-The-Frederick-Chopin-.png?resize=274%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/webrradio\/51824-beautiful-polish-music-history-more?in=webrradio\/sets\/the-polish-american-program\">You can also listen to an interview with Witul on the Polish American Radio Program by clicking here<\/a>&#8212;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>The Frederick Chopin Singing Society of Buffalo remains a vibrant and vital part of the community, continuing its mission to celebrate and share the richness of Polish music and culture. Its legacy is a harmonious blend of history, culture, and the unifying power of song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nestled in the heart of Cheektowaga, New York, the Frederick Chopin Singing Society of Buffalo stands as a testament to the enduring power of music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Screenshot-2024-06-21-at-11-47-32-The-Frederick-Chopin-.jpg?fit=673%2C436&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1Wcy1-7bd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27607,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27603\/revisions\/27607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}