Zachary Senick (Захар Сенюк) is a bassoonist originally from Saskatoon, Canada. His principal teachers have been Eric Hall, Stéphane Lévesque, and Marie Sellar. He recently defended his doctoral dissertation “Slava Ukraini: An Annotated Catalogue of Ukrainian Solo and Chamber Works for Bassoon” in the spring of 2025 at the University of Toronto. He has been a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada, Orchestre de la Francophonie and a substitute with the Canadian Opera Company, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Peterborough Symphony Orchestra, Guelph Symphony Orchestra, and Ontario Philharmonic. An avid contemporary performer he has works written for and dedicated to him by 20 different Ukrainian composers. In addition to performing, he is currently a music editor for Éditions Plamondon producing publications for their Slava Ukraini Series. In his free time, Senick is an avid cook, and his favorite things to make are perogies and borsch.