Welcome to Squawk Camp!

"Serious Skills. Serious Fun. Seriously Unforgettable."

🗓 Dates: June 9th-15th, 2026 📍 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewa

Imagine a week where every musician you meet shares your passion for double reeds. This isn't just another music camp—it's where technique meets inspiration, and community becomes family.

Why Squawk Camp Will Transform Your Playing

🎯 Private Lessons

Personalized one-on-one instruction with each faculty member. Get targeted feedback on your technique, musicality, and performance challenges.

🎭 Chamber Music

Collaborate in intimate small groups where every voice matters. Build musical relationships that last beyond camp.

👥 Ensemble Coaching

Learn from experts in a supportive environment. Discover how to listen, blend, and create magic together.

🔧 Reed-Making Workshops

Master the art and science of reed-making. Daily hands-on sessions to elevate your craft.

🎺 Mass Double Reed Band

Experience the spine-tingling power of dozens of double reeds playing as one. Unforgettable.

📚 Sight-Reading Parties

Expand your repertoire knowledge in a fun, low-pressure environment. Discover hidden gems and new favorites.

Erin Brophey

Oboe

Erin Brophey shares the joy of music-making with audiences across Canada. Erin is currently the Principal Oboe of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (on sabbatical).

In 2000, Erin earned her Honours Bachelor of Music from Wilfrid Laurier University. She completed her Master of Music degree at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2002.

As a performer, Erin is interested in the intersection of art forms and offering meaningful cultural experiences to audiences. She has a particular interest in music written by composers that identify as women and people of colour.

A joyful educator, Erin Brophey is a sessional lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan and is the Woodwind Coach for the Saskatoon Youth Orchestra. In Saskatoon, Erin co-directs a community double-reed band called Squawk. In addition, Erin is on faculty at the Inter-Provincial Music Camp in Parry Sound, Ontario. Erin Brophey is the Director of an online oboe education program called the Oboe Path.

Stephanie Univerricht

Bassoon

Stephanie Unverricht has held the position of principal bassoonist with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Players since 2011. She earned a Bachelor of Music at the University of Ottawa and a Master of Music in bassoon performance at the New England Conservatory. Besides performing with the SSO in Saskatoon, Stephanie has been a guest with several North American orchestras over the past 20 years, most recently in Whitehorse, Yukon for a performance of Tosca in collaboration with the National Arts Centre.

Since joining the SSO she has performed as a soloist and designed engaging school shows that are performed for elementary-aged students throughout the province - including "The Life and Legacy of Little Ludwig" which was recorded during the fall of 2020 and is available on the SSO website. Stephanie has been a featured performer and member of local festivals and chamber groups including Prairie Virtuosi, Ritornello Festival, Saskatoon Opera, Strata New Music Festival, "Peter and the Wolfettes" bassoon quartet, BeMused children’s entertainment and her woodwind trio "Chicks with Sticks". She will be performing Mozart’s bassoon concerto as a soloist with the SSO in March of 2026.

Not confined to the classical genre, she is also a multi-instrumentalist on bassoon, oboe, violin, trumpet and vocals with Minor Matter, who have released two recordings including an EP in 2013 and a self-titled full length album in 2016. Stephanie is a trained Suzuki guitar teacher, a coach for the woodwind section of the Saskatoon Youth Orchestra, a sessional lecturer at the University of Saskatchewan and also maintains a private studio in Saskatoon

Melissa Tremblay

Oboe

Holder of an Artist Diploma from the Colburn School in Los Angeles, and recipient of the 2nd Prize (Pierre Mantha Prize) & John Newmark Prize at the 108th edition of the Prix d'Europe, Mélissa Tremblay holds the position of principal oboe with the Orchestre Symphonique de l'Estuaire and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Québec, in addition to serving as oboe professor at the Conservatoire de Montréal.

Active on the Quebec orchestral scene, she can also be heard with ensembles such as Orchestre Filmharmonique, I Musici, Orchestre de l'Agora, and Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. She also distinguishes herself as a chamber musician and soloist in major Quebec series including Pro Musica, Concerts aux Iles du Bic, and Orford Musique. She was the first oboist to qualify in the history of both the Prix Orford Musique competition (2020) and the UdeM Concerto Competition (2021). The year 2022 marked her solo debuts with the Orchestre de l'Université de Montréal and the Orchestre Symphonique de l'Ile.

Mélissa has had the privilege of working with great masters such as Ramon Ortega, Valery Gergiev, Maurice Bourgue, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Olivier Doise, and Eugene Izotov. A passionate chamber musician, she shares the stage with several ensembles including Duo Alteris and Hautbois ETC, to name just a few.

Mélissa Tremblay plays on a Mönnig "Diamant" English horn generously loaned by CANIMEX INC, of Drummondville, Quebec, Canada.