Antoniuk holds a master of music degree from the University of North Texas, where his course work focused on jazz performance and West African ethnomusicology.

He began his undergraduate work at Grant MacEwan University in Canada and completed his bachelor's degree at the North Texas.

He is a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts "B Grant," and used it to study with Blue Note recording artist Tim Hagans.

They perform their compositions in addition to music by John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, and Kenny Dorham.

The band plays improvised music from the 70's, 80's and 90's and is influenced by John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Weather Report, and Keith Jarrett.

In the U.S. Antoniuk has worked with Jamie Baum, Jeff Coffin, Zaccai Curtis, Jimmy Haslip, Leonardo Lucini, Allison Miller, Marcus Miller, Najee, Alex Norris, Mike Pope, Wayman Tisdale, Walt Weiskopf, and Kenny Werner; and with Canadian musicians Tommy Banks, Ralph Bowen, David Foster, Ingrid Jensen, and P. J. Perry.