Rodney, originally from Prince Albert, SK, started with classical violin lessons at the age of 8 and has been competing and performing in old time fiddling since the age of 11.

He is a five time Grand Saskatchewan Fiddle Champion. Rodney has been selected as the Saskatchewan representative at the prestigious Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship in Nepean, ON, was a judge at this event in 1996 and 2008.

He has entertained at various events across Canada, Australia, Canary Islands, Spain and the U.S.A. At the present time Rodney is a troupe fiddler with the Saskatchewan French Canadian dance troupes"La Ribambelle" and "Les Danseurs de La Rivière La Veille".

He belongs to the fiddle/piano trio "The Cleavers"and has performed on their three albums. With the trio, he has performed throughout western Canada at numerous contests, travelled to the Canary Islands of Spain, and has been involved with various fiddle camps in the northern United States and Western Canada.

Rodney now resides in Saskatoon (SK) with his wife Rebecca, son Reese, and daughter Bree. He is currently employed as a sales representative for the fertilizer division of Koch Industries.

Tyler Kushneryk

Tyler began taking lessons at the age of four, and entered his first contest at the age of eight. He earned the title of Provincial Grand Saskatchewan Champion three times in 1994, 1995, and 1998. He won the Championship Class in fiddle contests in other such places as Kamloops (BC), Canwood (SK), Prince Albert (SK), and Prince George (BC).

He represented Saskatchewan at the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Championship in Nepean from 1993 to 1999, and placed in the top 11 in four of those years. He also placed in the top 10 at the 1995 and 1996 Pembroke (ON) Fiddle Championship.

He has actively judged fiddle contests across Western Canada since 1994. Some of these include Carman (MB), Miami (MB), Prince Albert (SK), Kelowna (BC), the BC Provincial Fiddling Championships (Kelowna 1997), and more recently at the Grand North American Fiddle Championships held in the summer of 2003 at Wabamun (AB).

He belongs to the fiddle/piano trio "The Cleavers"and has performed on their three albums. With the trio, he has performed throughout Western Canada at numerous contests, travelled to the Canary Islands of Spain, and has been involved with various fiddle camps in the northern United States and Western Canada. At thepresent time Tyler is a troupe fiddler with the Saskatchewan French Canadian dance troupes "La Ribambelle" and "Les Danseurs de La Rivière La Veille".

Tyler currently resides in Calgary (AB) with his wife Diana Lynn, daughter Savannah and son Dradon. He is employed with ATB Financial as a Consumer lender for ATB staff members province wide.

Trent Bruner

Trent is the oldest son of Howard and Gerda Bruner of Canwood, Saskatchewan, Canada.

He began his musical involvement at age 12 with piano lessons under Grace Buhler in Canwood, Saskatchewan. He acquired his grade schooling in Canwood and holds degrees in elementary music education and elementary classroom education from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, majoring in piano under Cecile Desrosiers and Naida Archer, minoring in voice with Murray Moats, and studying accompanying under Nadya March. He sang for four years in the Greystone Singers, the University’s touring concert choir, including performances at the Saskatchewan Pavilion during EXPO '86 in Vancouver (where he also sang solo), and the inauguration of Ray Hnatyshyn as Governor-General of Canada in January 1990, as well as played tuba for two years in the University of Saskatchewan Concert Band. He also holds a Masters degree in ethnomusicology from the University of Bergen in Bergen, Norway, with his Masters thesis being an ethnomusicological biography on Saskatchewan fiddler and accordionist Everett Larson entitled "Everett Larson - An Ethnomusicological Biography: Music as Community in the Life of a Saskatchewan Traditional Folk Musician." For a musical change of pace, Trent also plays guitar and sings. He is also active as a music teacher, choir conductor, church organist, composer and a choral music arranger.