He sang in a vocal quartet for Polish radio initially in Lviv and then moved to Warsaw where conducted various choirs.
In 1940, Bozhyk became the music director of the Opera Theatre in Ivano-Frankivsk (previously Stanislaviv).
In April 1949, he emigrated to the United States where he initially settled in Rochester and working in a bakery.
In 1957, he toured Europe with the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus as co-conductor with Hryhory Kytasty.
The tour was not a financial success and the following year he moved back to Rochester to work in a tool and die shop.