Katie MacEachern is a passionate and experienced dance educator with over 10 years of teaching experience, working with students aged 3 to adults. Her expertise spans a wide range of styles, including jazz, acro, musical theatre, hip hop, tap, lyrical, and contemporary.
A 2015 graduate of Randolph College for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Katie earned her diploma after completing an intensive three-year program in dance, acting, and singing. She is a certified Acrobatic Arts Module 2 teacher and holds certifications in Alexia Flexibility and Rhythm Works Integrated Dance, reflecting her dedication to providing a comprehensive and inclusive dance education.
Katie loves sharing her passion for dance, singing, acting, and performing with her students, inspiring them to explore their creativity and build confidence both on and off the stage. Her enthusiastic and supportive teaching style helps her students achieve their goals while fostering a lifelong love of the performing arts."
Julie is a proud Alberta Metis actor, singer, composer, writer and teacher, who has performed on stages across Canada, and as far away as Hawaii, South Africa, and at Carnegie Hall in NYC. She has been an active member of Canadian Actors’ Equity for over 30 years, most recently seen in the Shadow Theatre Canadian premier of “The Two Battles of Frances Pegamagabow”, by Neil Grahn. She also composes regularly for theatre, for example, the “Enchanted Antlers” viral series for young audiences across Canada.
Julie has a MMUS degree in Applied Music from the University of Alberta, and has taught singing and speech production privately over the last 25 years. During this time she has been a faculty member of the Citadel Theatre’s Foote Theatre School, and on faculty, for both the Theatre Arts and Music Departments, at MacEwan University. She has also adjudicated for One Act Festivals for High schools in the Edmonton area as well as for Music Festivals in Alberta.
As a writer, Julie has written numerous plays for youth, including “Show Me The Wey-Hey” (published) and “Bear And The Big Bad Berry Patch” (Concrete Theatre Sprouts Festival). She has recently published a compilation of prose, poetry and lyrics titled “The Highest Point Of The Valley” in memory of her late father, Bert Golosky, and life in northern Alberta.
DANCE:
Katie MacEachern
STRINGS - BAND
INSTRUMENTALS:
Marek Orszulik
Whitecourt Rotary Music Festival is proud to announce the 2025 Adjudicators:
Inna Luzanac is an accomplished and multi-talented professional possessing over 30 years of proven expertise in the area of piano solo performance, piano instruction, chamber music, all aspects of music theory, harmony, and history instruction.
She holds a Master’s degree in piano performance, pedagogy and chamber music from the Lviv State Conservatory and a Bachelor of music degree from S. Krushelnytska school of music in Ukraine. This is a school specializing in instrumental music that combines regular academic subjects with an intensive training of an instrument, music theory, solfeggio, harmony, piano performance, chamber ensemble and choral training.
Inna is a piano professor at MacEwan University in Edmonton and was a professor of piano at the University of Alberta, for over 25 years. She is also an adjudicator and master class clinician. Inna believes that lessons must be an inspiration that every student can take home with them. Her education and performing experience combined with her welcoming and friendly nature allows students to gain a strong foundation in technique, build resilience in overcoming technical challenges, embrace their unique musical expressions, develop confidence to achieve their goals, and find joy from individualized lessons. Inna believes that to arrive at the best results, every student deserves an individual approach.
A native of Ukraine and a Canadian citizen, Inna Luzanac has enjoyed a dynamic musical career as a concert pianist, accompanist, adjudicator, and teacher. Her solo and chamber music appearances include performances throughout Italy, Poland, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Ukraine, and Canada. The highlights are – performance of Saint-Saens Concerto no.5 as a soloist with the Lviv Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at the age of 16. The most notable performance includes a live performance and private audience for Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy.
Throughout her career she has also worked with choirs as a rehearsal and concert accompanist with Polytechnic University choir in Ukraine, University of Alberta’s Augustana faculty choral union and Camrose Community Choir.
Currently, Inna Luzanac is residing in Edmonton and maintaining a full piano studio. Her students have received first class honors and medals in RCM exams and have been recognized through awards and scholarships at the local and provincial music festivals, competitions and master classes. In 2017, one of Inna’s students was awarded the highest mark in Canada for her Associate exam from Conservatory Canada.
CHOIRS, VOCAL SOLOS,
CHORAL SPEECH, SPEECH ARTS:
Julie Golosky
PIANO:
Inna Luzanac
Marek Orszulik completed his dual honours degree in Biological & Medicinal Chemistry and Music at Keele University and his MMus in classical guitar performance at the Birmingham Conservatoire.
He has appeared as a soloist in numerous arts festivals and events in Europe and Canada. Recent engagements include recitals for New Music Edmonton, and the Edmonton Classical Guitar Society, as well as a performance in the presence of His Highness, Aga Khan IV. Lately he has worked closely with British composer Andrew Glover-Whitley, giving the world premiere performance of several major guitar works.
Marek collaborates with soprano, Whitney Sloan, in Duo Coriolis, and the River Valley Guitar Quartet, bringing together four of Alberta’s finest classical guitarists. In addition to his busy teaching and performing schedule. Marek is also Senior Editor for tonebase.co, providing valuable practice tools and guidance to musicians worldwide.
www.marekorszulik.com