Dr. Sofia Mycyk has performed as soloist with orchestras in Canada, the United States and most recently with the Stratford Symphony Orchestra. She has been featured at the Landowska Harpsichord Society in Chicago, Thursday Musical recital series in Minneapolis, the Lyell Gustin Recital Series, and the Ritornello Chamber Music Festival. Performance highlights include the Lakes Area Music Festival, PianoFest in the Hamptons, as well as a performance of Colin McPhee’s Piano Concerto in Ted Mann Concert Hall, as winner of the University of Minnesota concerto competition. Her first album, titled Hutsulian Watercolours, features solo piano music by Ukrainian composers.
As a collaborative pianist Sofia performed with soprano Katya Khartova in a live streamed recital “Ukrainian Art Song on a Starlit Night” presented by the Saskatoon Opera. In further collaboration with local arts organizations, Sofia taught a series of online lectures titled ‘On Bach’s Time - His Life in Music’ presented by the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Mycyk earned her degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the University of Minnesota where she held a Teaching Assistantship in Collaborative Piano. Currently she serves as a Sessional Lecturer in the Department of Music at the University Saskatchewan. Sofia resides in Saskatoon; teaching, performing and collaborating.