Ignatius Palazy [Ігнатій Пaлaжій], (b. April 9, 1894, in Boberka, Sambir region, Lviv oblast, Ukraine; d. August 31, 1951, in New York, NY). Ignatius Palazy was born in 1894 in and studied music at the Stavropygian Institute in Lviv. He came to America in 1912 and joined the New York People’s Opera Company. From 1918 to 1923, he led the church choir at St. Michael the Archangel Greek-Catholic (Byzantine) Church in Passaic, NJ. He briefly went to Milan, Italy, to continue his studies at the Verdi Conservatory. Afterwards, he moved to Bayonne, New Jersey, and directed the “Boyan” Choir at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church. In 1931, he founded the “BOYAN” Choir at St. Mary Greek-Catholic Church in New York City. In a newspaper review of a performance by the Boyan Choir, Palazy was praised as “a creator of new and strikingly lovely vocal effects.”
Timeline
1912: Came to America.
1918-23: Choir director at St. Michael the Archangel Byzantine Greek-Catholic Church (Passaic, NJ).
1923-24: Studied in Milan, Italy.
1927-28: Choir director of the “BOYAN” Choir at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary UCC (Bayonne, NJ).
1931-51: Choir Director of “BOYAN” at St. Mary’s Greek Catholic Church (New York, NY).
