The Charms

Country Music Alberta’s 2025 Horizon Group of the Year Nominee, The CHARMS are husband & wife duo Meg & Denis Dufresne. The 2 are celebrated and award-winning vocalists and instrumentalists, both playing violin, mandolin and guitar. Together, they cover a wide range of popular music in the instrumental style of Bridgerton while also covering an extensive amount of original and remakes of Roots/Canadiana vocal music

Both have toured the world separately and together, playing command performances for His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, the Saudi Royal Family, the Prince of Monaco, the Duke and Duchess Will and Kate and several Canadian Prime Ministers.

Denis moved on and became Canada’s 7x Country Music (CCMA) Fiddle, Mandolin and Banjo Player of the Year between 2011 and 2022. Megan has performed on stages around the globe as a featured violinist in Dubai, Monaco, Canada and the USA for Bollywood, film and live.

Both Denis and Megan were original members and creators of the world violin group “Barrage” and “The Calgary Fiddlers”. They travelled the globe extensively as spokespeople and featured performers playing fiddle, mandolin, guitar and piano. They were played on every PBS station across North America in “Barrage, The World on Stage”.