The oldest choir festival in Poland, held continuously since 1966

Prof. Szyrocki was a graduate of the Szczecin University of Technology (civil engineering), and then its researcher. He also studied at the Poznań Higher School of Music in the department of theory, conducting and composition in the class of prof. Stefan Stuligrosz. He lectured at this university, and then managed its branch in Szczecin until 1995.

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He was a co-founder of the Szczecin choir Słowiki and director of the choir of the Warsaw National Opera. He founded the Collegium Maiorum choir. He was the initiator and artistic director of the International Festival of Choral Songs in Międzyzdroje, a consultant of foreign choirs, a juror of international festivals, and a lecturer in the USA.