Kurkiewicz, Ladislaus
Orchestra Conductor. Director of Civic Symphonic Orchestra and Bloomfield Civic Chorus in Bloomfield, N. J. Born Jan. 28, 1901, in Newark, N. J. Education: St. Stanislaus parochial school, Newark, N. J.; Robert Treat School, Newark; studied violin with his brother Stanislaus, and with Louis Ehrke of Newark; Albert Meoff of Curtis Institute, Philadelphia. Studied theory, harmony, counterpoint and composition with Alexander Omelczuk, graduate of Warsaw Conservatory. Played in theatres for 14 years. Member of Newark Symphony Orchestra for four years; Teacher of Instrumental Music at the Immaculate Conception Orphanage, Lodi, N. J. Married and father of three children. Address: 12 Brook Place, Bloomfield, N. J.From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943