"Stuart Laughton's renditions of the classic trumpet favourites are as fine as any in the current record catalogue."
CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE - CD Review

Stuart Laughton
Stuart Laughton has established a noteworthy career as one of Canada's best-known trumpet soloists. An original member of the Canadian Brass at age 19, he rejoined the ensemble in September 2003 after thirty-one years in other pursuits. With the Canadian Brass he tours internationally and collaborates with ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestra.

Born in Ontario in 1951, Stuart Laughton studied with Joseph Umbrico in Toronto before entering Philadelphia's prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, where he was a student of Gilbert Johnson. He graduated from Curtis having already been appointed principal trumpet of La Scala Opera, Milan by Claudio Abbado.

In Canada, Mr. Laughton has been constantly before the public, as concertmaster of The Hannaford Street Silver Band, as a founding member of True North Brass, and as concerto soloist with the Winnipeg and Toronto Symphonies, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and Quebec's Les Violons du Roy. For a dozen years his duo with organist William O'Meara performed throughout the U.S. and in Canada. The duo gave its final concert in 2003 at Harvard University.

A passionate advocate of new music, Mr. Laughton for eight years served as president of the board of R. Murray Schafer's innovative Patria Music/Theatre Projects. He is the dedicatee of Schafer's The Falcon's Trumpet (Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra) and has premiered solo works by many composers. Stuart founded Opening Day Recordings in 1993 as a means of showcasing Canadian composers and performers. Four of Opening Day's twenty-four recordings to date have been nominated for Canadian JUNO Awards.

Peter Tiefenbach
Peter Tiefenbach is a native of Regina, Saskatchewan, and holds degrees and diplomas from Northwestern University (Illinois), the Royal Academy of Music, and the Guildhall School (England). His voice is well known to CBC Radio listeners from his years as host of The Arts Tonight and Radio Concert Hall and he remains a popular CBC guest host.

As a pianist he has performed with many of Canada's leading singers, including Maureen Forrester, Wendy Nielsen, Brett Polegato, Measha Brueggergosman, Michael Colvin, Russell Braun and Donna Brown. He is also a favourite collaborator of soprano-comedienne Mary Lou Fallis, with whom he has performed across Canada, in the U.S., Japan and England.

A Juno-nominated composer, Mr Tiefenbach's recent commissions include works for ensembles such as the Elora Festival Singers and Gryphon Trio, and his arrangements are featured on CBC discs featuring mezzo-soprano Jean Stilwell and soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian.

Mr Tiefenbach is a member of the faculty of the Glenn Gould School at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. In 2004, his career takes on a new direction, when he appears as "Gerhard Krachmann" in Peter Froehlich's new play "Simpl" at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.