When I was informed that the Trybunal in Old Town Lublin was the venue for my solo piano concert, I felt extremely honored to say the least, particularly since I had just learned that Poland's President Lech Kaczynski was to hold a meeting there a week or so before my concert! The concert, sponsored by Aneta and Adam Janiszewski, owners of LINGUATON School of English in Lublin (established in 1992), occurred on Friday, December 16th at 7:30 PM. The audience consisted of people of all ages, and the room was filled to capacity with many people placed in adjacent rooms and others sitting on the floor in front of me. My performance included original compositions and various songs that are popular in Poland. The audience enthusiastically engaged in sing-alongs that made this event an evening to remember. Of my original compositions, "Waterfall" was the evening's favorite, as expressed to me by many among this crowd of over 250 people. (If you would like to download this piece for $1 dollar, please send an email to newsletter@stanbreckenridge.com - - to preview, click the link located on the right side of this page)

The concert was filmed by a Polish network and excerpts are scheduled to appear on Polish television, channel TV3 on January 6th at 6:30pm, and 7th at 7:45pm, 2006. In addition, the concert generated so much interest that a CD recording, recorded and mastered by Piotr Banka of Sky Media Polska, of original compositions is scheduled to be released in January 2006!

Adorned by a structure In the middle of the Market Square stands the edifice of the Old Town Hall and the Crown Trybunal, at Rynek 1. The Old Town was built in the Middle Ages, and about the 1550s it received a Renaissance exterior decor. After the fire of 1575 the building was restored as the seat of the Crown Trybunal for Little Poland established in 1578. This was the highest court of law for the nobility. The building was remodelled in the Baroque style in the 1680s and another floor was added. However, the biggest changes were made in the years 1781-1787 when Dominik Merlini, the royal court architect, gave the building its Classicist form, which has been preserved to this day.