Roman Hurko (21/10/1962), a Canadian composer of Ukrainian descent, born in Toronto, Canada. A graduate of the University of Toronto (Music History and Theory), he has also studied privately with composer Ivan Moody in Portugal, and will begin a Master's Program at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music in the fall of 2006. A member of the Composers' Union of Ukraine since 2004, Roman began writing music while still in high school. His first composition "Ave Maria" for SATB choir was premiered by the Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir, at the Guelph Spring Festival in 1983, with the composer conducting.