Maja Trochimczyk, Ph.D., is a Polish American music historian, poet, photographer, and author of seven books on music (most recently Górecki in Context: Essays on Music, 2017), seven volumes of poetry, and many peer-reviewed studies and book chapters. Her research interests include 20th-century Polish music (Paderewski, Lutoslawski, émigré composers, etc.). She read papers at over 80 international conferences and received awards from the Polish Ministry of Culture, American Council of Learned Societies, Polish American Historical Association, McGill University, and the University of Southern California. She is the founder of Moonrise Press, Board Secretary and Communications Director of the Polish American Historical Association, and President of Helena Modjeska Art and Culture Club in Los Angeles (2010-2012 and 2018-2020).