Oksana Rodak

As a conductor and music educator, Oksana Rodak has worked in Canada, the United States, and Europe. Oksana is a graduate of the University of Toronto where she received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees. She obtained the Associate Diploma (ARCT) in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and studied choral conducting and bandura at the National Music Academy of Ukraine.  Oksana began playing bandura in the ODUM (Ukrainian Democratic Youth Organization) Hnat Khotkevych Bandura Ensemble of Toronto, under the directorship of her mother, Walentina Rodak. Specializing in working with youth choirs, Oksana's teaching focuses on the development of leadership skills, artistry and cultural understanding. Oksana has held positions as Artistic Director of Young Naperville Singers, Artistic Director of the Cantate Children’s Choir, Conductor with Anima - The Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, and Coordinator of Children’s Music at the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago. She has been awarded the Artist-Teacher and Master-Teacher Diploma from the CME Institute for Choral Music Education. Oksana Rodak is the winner of the Glenn Gould Memorial Scholarship and Leslie Bell Conducting Prize.​​​