Biography
Elizabeth Kapitaniuk is a clarinetist, conductor, music director, and educator who is passionate about positively impacting individuals and communities through compelling and collaborative musical experiences. She resides in the Chicagoland area where she works as a freelance clarinetist, clarinet instructor, and leader of church worship and music ministries.
Kapitaniuk is Principal Clarinet of the West Michigan Symphony and performs as a freelance clarinetist in the Chicagoland area. She was a regular member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago from 2023- 2026. She has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera and Joffrey Ballet Orchestra, Rockford Symphony, Illinois Symphony, Ballet Indiana, Elmhurst Symphony, Champaign-Urbana Symphony, Adrian Symphony, and DuPage Symphony. She is also a substitute musician for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Dubuque Symphony Orchestra.
Kapitaniuk is the clarinet instructor at several high schools in the Chicagoland and serves as Music Director at Christ our Peace Anglican in Oak Park, IL. She has previously worked as a band director at Fischer Middle School in IPSD 204, served on the faculty of the Birch Creek Summer Music Festival, has worked as a substitute band director in elementary, middle school, and high school band programs throughout the Chicagoland suburbs.
Originally from Wheaton, IL, Kapitaniuk holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Wheaton College Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music in Clarinet Performance from DePaul University where she studied with Steve Williamson, principal clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Education
M.M. Clarinet Performance
DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2022
B.M.E., Music Education
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2017