Katrina Kadoski

the art of living, is creating...

The Early Years

Originally from Fort McMurray, Katrina's mom recalls her making up songs in the crib and all the way through childhood. Kadoski started her music career at a young age, winning Rotary Music Festival's Best Alberta Vocalist at the age of nine and gaining a youth vocalist scholarship. She played the lead role in many school plays starting in grade 1, leading to her love for being on stage and performing. She has studied many years of vocal training in styles including jazz, musical theatre and opera. She has also studied piano, guitar and banjo.

Theatre work

Kadoski has written three one-woman multi-media musical dramas, including Victoria Pick of the Fringe winner Cougar Annie Tales (2012), The Waterman’s Daughter and Mountain Myths. She was nominated for Best New Play by the Victoria Critics Choice Awards. She has worked with a number of theatre groups such as Kate Rubin Theatre, Intrepid Theatre and William Head on Stage (WHoS, Canada’s only inmate-run theatre company.)

current projects

Katrina Kadoski, a Sooke B.C., based singer-songwriter and playwright. Her work invites audiences to form meaningful connections with their hearts. Kadoski’s earlier music took inspiration from Lilith Fair, a travelling music festival, which she attended in the late 90s. Her debut full-length album Whirlpools (1998), recorded in Calgary and released independently, mirrors this folk sound. Since then, Kadoski has released four more albums. 2016’s Dreamtime, maintains her signature folk-pop sound and controlled yet powerful vocals, After the Shipwreck (2020) is sad yet uplifting, an appropriate release for the pandemic, The Edgedwellers, (2022)recorded with help from her band members in Sooke, BC and most recently Soul Anthems (2023) Soul Anthems was recorded at the Woodshop Recording Studio, in Duncan B.C., with producer Zak Cohen. A career development grant from Creative BC was awarded to help fund the process and studio musicians.