About the choir
The Antidotum Choir is an intergenerational, amateur mixed choir from Kielce, Poland. It was founded in 2009 by people with no musical background, inspired by the Swedish idea of choirs for "people who cannot sing". True to that idea, even people of average ability can — through regular practice, a patient teacher and a warm, friendly atmosphere — learn to sing, and to do so in multi-part harmony, in a way that brings satisfaction not only to themselves but to their listeners.
Ewa Robak agreed to conduct this unusual choir, formed a priori, and it proved a perfect match. Her experience and passion helped the choir not only overcome its early difficulties but reach a level that allows it to take part in competitions and festivals. Still, what matters most remains the time spent together, the joy of what we do, and the motto that has guided us from the start: whoever you are, and whether or not you know what a ligature or a multi-bar rest is, singing in a choir can be a true Antidotum for you.
Conductor
The conductor of the Antidotum Choir, Professor Ewa Robak (PhD, DSc), is a graduate of the Academy of Music in Kraków and a member of the Music Department at the Faculty of Art of the Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, where she teaches choir, conducting, vocal ensembles and conducting practice. She also leads the Fermata Chamber Choir and the children's choir of the State Music Schools in Kielce. She serves on the juries of choral and vocal competitions and runs workshops for choirmasters and choral ensembles across Poland.
For years she has been getting the people of Kielce singing, from preschoolers to seniors, at countless events great and small. Her boundless teaching drive means she sees singing potential in virtually any group — one moment of inattention and you too may discover that you are singing in one of her ensembles.
Members
Sopranos
- Alicja Antoniak
- Aleksandra Bartosz
- Beata Derszniak
- Katarzyna Łodejska
- Renata Maciejewska
- Olga Migas
- Patrycja Niewiadomska
- Katarzyna Wasilkowska
Altos
- Beata Bartosz
- Ewa Doniec Kawińska
- Magdalena Gołąbek
- Ewa Janik
- Magdalena Markulis
- Magdalena Mucha
- Emilia Siwierska
- Renata Wasilewska
Tenors
- Ralph Arzt
- Juliusz Hrouda
- Michał Łypacz
- Jacek Moskwa
- Artur Ozdoba
- Marcin Pabjan
- Jarosław Sidelnikow
- Kazimierz Wójcik
Basses
- Stefan Armata
- Waldemar Buda
- Michał Dygas
- Krzysztof Osóbka
- Tomasz Pierzak
- Witold Rogoziński
- Roman Śliwa
- Andrzej Wasilewski
- Henryk Weber
Currently on a break
Magdalena Bracik, Sylwia Szewczyk, Anna Wojciechowska
Sang with us
Małgorzata Bartosik, Łukasz Borusiński, Marcin Brodziński, Ewa Brumirska, Robert Brumirski, Marcin Brykczyński, Agnieszka Drabina, Krzysztof Drozd, Piotr Franiek, Katarzyna Garecka, Aleksandra Głuszek, Anna Jagodzka, Agnieszka Krajewska, Urszula Kroner, Beata Kundera, Aleksandra Kuroś, Gerard Maćko, Mariola Maćko, Krzysztof Marzec, Dorota Pomorska, Monika Sarnot, Arkadiusz Stefańczyk, Iwona Stefańczyk, Joanna Strąk, Michał Tokarski, Monika Wawrzeńczyk, Michał Węgrzyński, Ewa Wilczyńska, Sławomir Wilczyński, Dorota Wiraszka, Iza Wójcik