Jason Rosenblatt

Jason Rosenblatt studied jazz piano at the Rimon School of Jazz in Ramat Hasharon Israel and at the McGill Conservatory. He is one of only a handful of people worldwide who can play the diatonic harmonica chromatically and is at the forefront of popularizing the use of the diatonic harmonica as an instrument capable of playing virtually any style of music, including jazz, klezmer and Turkish music. His achievements as a composer and harmonica player were most recently recognized by the Canada Council for the Arts, which awarded him a grant to study with his mentor, harmonica master Howard Levy. In addition to Jason's career as a performer, he is an educator who teaches youth ensembles and is on faculty at KlezKanada, the world's largest folk-arts festival dedicated to klezmer music.

Rachel Lemisch

Rachel Lemisch, Philly native and trombonist extraordinaire, is a member of the Philadelphia chamber orchestra and hails from the famed Lemisch family klezmer dynasty of Iasi, Romania. In addition to performing with Shtreiml, she has guested with the Klezmer Conservatory Band and Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars and is member of Susan Watt's the Fabulous Shpilkes.

Thierry Arsenault

Thierry Arsenault, humanist, VW mechanic and amateur mycologist, is for the most part, a self-taught drummer. Thierry performs with a wide variety of acts on the Montreal scene, ranging from klezmer to blues to jazz. It was his deep love of Indian music, which led him to study tabla in Varanasi, India. Thierry has a degree in French literature from Universite de Montreal. One day he would like to live on a hill.

Adam Stotland

Adam Stotland graduated from Concordia University with a degree in music performance. He has long made his presence felt on Montreal's Jam-Band scene leading such acts as Stotland Yard and Jambolaya, not to mention his weekly stint hosting free jam nights at local Montreal clubs. He is a music educator who works with youth choirs and is on faculty at several Montreal day schools as a general music instructor.

Michael Winograd

Michael Winograd graduated with distinction in performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston. Where he studied with Hankus Netsky, Joseph Maneri, Dominique Eade, Joe Morris, Bob Labaree and Ran Blake. He is considered a modern master of the klezmer clarinet style and is has developed his unique voice in the area of free-jazz with his group Infection. In his scant spare he enjoys biking and eating.