Klazek completed he Bachelor of Music from the University of Calgary and Master of Music from Northwestern University where she studied with the late Vincent Cichowicz. Merrie is active as a performer and recording artist in orchestral, chamber, solo classical, folk, contemporary, and pop music. Her musical travels have taken her throughout Canada, to Japan, Hungary, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States. Highlights include performances at the Festiva Dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy; a production of Claude Vivier¢s â€"Kopernicus” at the Festival Contemporaire in Strasbourg, France; Mahler¢s 5th Symphony in Tokyo¢ Bunka Kaikan Hall; CBC broadcast of the Shostakovich Concerto for piano and trumpet with Marc-Andre Hamelin and Bach¢s Brandenburg Concerto #2 with the TBSO.  Merri currently plays Principal trumpet with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, a position she has held with the TBSO since 1999, and also with the Victoria Symphony (2005) and Orchestra London Canada (1996-99).  Merrie teaches at Lakehead University where she has been an instructor since 2001.  She has performed in the trumpet sections of the Montreal Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Vancouver Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony, and others. Merrie has released a solo recording entitled â€"Songs to the Moon” with pianist Jennifer Snow, on the Phoenix Records label. This CD has been featured on TVO¢s Studio 2 and many CBC Radio programmes and is available at today¢s performance. This past June Merrie performed as an invited artist at the 2008 International trumpet Guild Conference in Banff, Alberta, alongside other Canadian orchestral principals and trumpet soloists from around the world.  Merrie lives in beautiful Kakabeka Falls, Ontario with her husband Pierre Schryer, their son Kyran and daughter Tamsyn.

Erin Brophey holds the position of section oboe andEnglish horn with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Erin is also an active freelance musician and has performed with many Canadian orchestras including the Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. In the summer months, Ms. Brophey plays in several festivals including the Charlottetown Festival, the Festival of the Sound, Westben Festival and the Stratford Music Festival.  Erin received her Honours Bachelor of Music from Wilfrid Laurier University where she studied with James Mason. She completed her Master of Music degree at Carnegie Mellon University under the tutelage of Cynthia Koledo deAlmeida. In addition to private teaching, Erin is very interested in Arts education and has designed several multidisciplinary education projects for young artists. She participates in the Community Arts and Heritage Education Project in Thunder Bay and is on Faculty at the Inter-provincial Music Camp in Parry Sound.