Susan Hoeppner
An award winning flutist and graduate of the Juilliard School, Susan Hoeppner has become an artist of international renown performing as a guest soloist with orchestras around the world. Her tours have taken her across Europe, Japan, Argetina and North America.

Ms. Hoeppner gave her New York debut to critical acclaim. She is the first woodwind player to win the grand prize of the Canadian Music Competition, and has also won other competitions including the New York Olga Koussevitsky Flute Competition. Frequent appearances through radio and television have brought her to the attention of audiences across Canada and the United States.

Rachel Gauk
Several important debuts in recent seasons have confirmed Ms. Gauk's arrival on the international music scene. She performed Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, presented a solo recital at the National Arts Center in Ottawa, and performed two concerti with the New World Chamber Orchestra in Mexico City.

As an orchestral soloist, her appearances have been uniformly successful, such as her concerts with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra. Rachel's particular affinity for the contemporary voice of the guitar continues to generate many performances and world premieres, including the Montage Concerto by Omar Daniel and the challenging Concerto by Harry Somers, with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony under the direction of Agnes Grossman.