Sjoerd Pauw has been playing the trumpet with de ereprijs since 2007. He studied in Arnhem with Tonnie Kievits, first trumpetter at the Gelders Orchestra. Sjoerd is a permanent member of brass quintet KWIVR, which is part of Muziekvoorstelling.nl. This quintet specialises in the creation of youth theatre. The last few years, they have played several performances; ‘Lichterlaaie’ is for children from eight years old, about the novice ‘Bakzeun’(played by Sjoerd), who needs to make sure the barracks don’t catch fire; in the show ‘Praten met je oren dicht’, the quintet uses bizarre, funny poems by Edward van der Vendel. ‘Wat niemand weet’ is based on the novel by Tonke Dragt and has been running for almost ten years.