Our Story
Tim Birtch and Margaret Wolf are freelance trumpet players who have been playing together for 40 years since they met while studying in the Bachelor of Music in Performance Degree - Trumpet, Program at the University of Toronto.
Tim and Margaret regularly play together in Symphony Orchestras, Chamber Orchestras, Concert Bands, Jazz Bands, Brass Quintets and Brass Quartets.
They are a sought after duo who have performed for Church Services and Weddings in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. They have performed with both Sacred and Secular Choirs playing a wide variety of music from the Bach Christmas Oratorio, the Rutter Gloria all the way to Broadway Musicals.
Tim Birtch
Tim began taking private trumpet lessons at the age of 9. As his mother was a Church Organist and Choir Director, he began playing in church services at the age of 11 and continues to enjoy doing so to this day.
He went on to study with Stephen Chenette (Principal Trumpet Denver Symphony, Boston Pops & Minnesota Orchestra) and Barton Woomert (Associate Principal Trumpet of the Toronto Symphony, Principal Trumpet Hamilton Philharmonic) at the University of Toronto in the Bachelor of Performance in Trumpet program.
Tim was particularly happy to be honoured by being named the winner of the Whitchurch-Stouffville, Music Town, Ontario award in June 2017, for his contribution to the Community’s Musical Heritage, as he enjoys playing and sharing music in his hometown!
Tim plays with various groups in and around the Greater Toronto Area and especially enjoys working with his longtime friend and fellow trumpeter Margaret Wolf!
Margaret Wolf
Margaret Wolf graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Music Performance degree where she studied with Larry Weeks (Former Principal Trumpet of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra). She also studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts. She has toured Europe several times with music groups and is known in the Toronto area for her decades of playing in symphony orchestras, chamber orchestras, musical theatre productions, brass quintets, quartets, trios and solos in churches. One of her greatest joys is playing her trumpet with her good friend, Tim Birtch.
