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The Adaskin String Trio was founded in 1994. The Trio is named in honor of Murray Adaskin, one of Canada's most loved and respected composers, and two of his brothers, violinist Harry Adaskin and producer and music educator John Adaskin. The members of the trio met in Montreal where they each studied chamber music with founding Orford Quartet cellist, Marcel Saint-Cyr. They later completed two years as the graduate ensemble-in-residence at The Hartt School, under the guidance of the Emerson Quartet, and in 1998 they were finalists for the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation chamber music award in New York.

Emlyn Ngai, currently on faculty for violin and early music at The Hartt School, holds degrees from McGill University, Oberlin College Conservatory and Hartt. He was First Prize winner on baroque violin at the 1995 Locatelli Concours Amsterdam. He is currently also a principal member in Apollo's Fire, the Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra, and Tempesta di Mare.

Steve Larson is Professor of Viola and Chair for Strings at The Hartt School of the University of Hartford. In 1997 he won second prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, UK, receiving a special award for his performance of the commissioned work. He is currently also a founding member of the Avery Ensemble, and has performed as a guest with the Emerson, Miami, Arthur-Leblanc and Penderecki String Quartets.

Mark Fraser, cello, holds degrees from McGill University, l'Université de Montréal, and The Hartt School. For many years he was the Artistic Director of Project Renaissance, an arts festival near Montreal. He has taught cello at the Connecticut Conservatory of the Performing Arts.

Thomas Gallant is one of the world's few virtuoso solo and chamber music performers on the oboe. He is a First Prize Winner of the Concert Artists Guild International New York Competition. After studying at the Indiana University School of Music, he performed with the New Orleans Symphony and the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. Mr. Gallant plays an "Evoluzione" oboe made by the Italian maker Fratelli Patricola.