Education
Skowronek studied in Seattle for a few summers with Donald Peck, and with Frank Horsfall. He later studied with William Kincaid at the.
Skowronek studied in Seattle for a few summers with Donald Peck, and with Frank Horsfall. He later studied with William Kincaid at the.
He also served as president of the National Flute Association and Seattle Flute Society. He was a leading figure in the revival of wooden Boehm-style flutes in the United States of America. He was an expert in the use of various hardwoods in flute manufacturing. He was also a consultant with Verne Q. Powell Flutes Incorporated. in its attempt to reintroduce the wooden flute to the United States on a major scale.
Skowronek played principal flute for the Seattle Symphony (1956-1957 and 1959-1960), Seventh Army Symphony (1957-1959), Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (1960-1966), and Saint Louis Symphony (1966-1968), and was a member of the Casals Festival orchestra in Puerto Rico. He was a founding member of the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet. He became a member of the faculty of the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, followed by the University of Washington.