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William Woloschuk
Sharing the Experience: “simply… sing it!” excerpts from a personal diary:
“I was born and raised in Sudbury ON, and to this day, carry fond memories of my first choir experience by beginning to sing at the age of 14 joining the 40 voice Ukrainian Folk Choir- Dnipro under the direction of Ollia Rohatyn. This initial choir experience permitted me to travel to Brazil and Argentina , throughout the U.S. and Canada – think of it…a community based - northern mining town choir – that had a world class centre stage feel to it…all at the age of 14. What a wonderful adventure that was. I later joined our local Ukrainian Catholic church choir and joyfully embraced the richness of Eastern Rite liturgical a cappella form. What a wonderful way to learn how to listen. Subsequently, a year later upon joining, I was asked to take the church choir lead at age 16”…
I enjoy sharing these beginning highlights of my choral career. I truly hope to inspire more of our youth, and not so young to get involved in music programs; whether it’s through choral or instrumental, jazz or baroque, we can always use more musical talent in all our daily lives.
William Woloschuk completed his graduate studies in choral conducting at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto . He also studied under the tutelage of Maestro Volodymyr Kolesnyk (Kyiv State Opera, Ukraine ), participated in choral workshops under Frieder Bernius and Jon Washburn. From 1997-2000, William was Artistic Director for the South Florida Men's Chorus – Fort Lauderdale, FL, and for fifteen years was Dean of Music for St. Sophie Ukr.Orthodox Cathedral in Montreal. For three years after moving to Toronto from Florida, William was Choral Director for St. Volodymyr Ukr. Orthodox Cathedral. In the summer of 2004, William attended the Kunstuniversität in Graz, Austria, where he studied under Rodney Eichenberger - Professor of Choral Music - Florida State University.
William continues to work with Prof. Eichenburger participating in the annual July choral workshop held in Alexandria , Va .
