The
Contrarian
Ensemble
The
Contrarian
Ensemble
MARK WINGATE (fiddle)
With some neighborhood friends, Mark formed the bluegrass band Chicken Hot Rod and played colleges all over the eastern states.
SALLY WINGATE (guitar)
Sally learned banjo from bluegrass legend Ted Lundy, and helped form one of the first all-female bluegrass groups, Bluegrass Liberation.
JOHN HEDGECOTH (mandolin)
John picked up his first instrument at age five, and has played with Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys, Vassar Clements, The Nashville Jug Band, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, The Shinbone Alley All Stars, & The Nashville Mandolin Ensemble.
BRUCE BAXTER (accordion)
Bruce has been performing and doing session work in Nashville for the past 12 years, and owns and operates Audio Imaging Disc Duplication Services.
CHRIS MOORE (octave mandolin)
Chris is a mandolinist, songwriter, and composer from the state of Maine, and a fan of good music in all genres.
NOA BENAMOTZ (recorders, percussion, hurdy gurdy)
Noa has studied and performed music from around the world, including Medieval and Renaissance music, Irish dance tunes, North Indian vocal music, and Afro-Cuban percussion.
Various combinations
of these players will appear without warning.