2024 Instructors
Billy Contreras
Fiddle
2013, 2024
Billy is a fiddler from Nashville TN. He grew up learning from and playing as fiddle partner to Buddy Spicher. He plays fiddle with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. Billy has played or recorded with Lionel Hampton, George Jones, Zach Bryan, and Bela Fleck among others. He enjoys playing, teaching, recording, and composing music.
Kimber Ludiker
Fiddle
2024
Born of fiddle playing parents in Spokane, WA, Kimber Ludiker is part of a 5-generation fiddling family. She started learning on the lap of her grandfather at age 3, and went on to win three National Fiddle Championship titles. She is the founder of Della Mae, a GRAMMY-nominated, service-driven, all-woman string-band that has traveled with the US Department of State to over 20 countries spreading peace and understanding through music.
Bruce Molsky
Fiddle
2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Grammy-nominated, and “one of America’s premier fiddling talents” (Mother Jones), Bruce’s take on tradition has landed him in collaborations with some of the world’s most highly respected players from roots to rock. Berklee College of Music has made Bruce their Visiting Scholar in the American Roots Music Program where Bruce is the go-to guy for the next generation of roots musicians.
Luke Price
Fiddle
2023, 2024
Luke Price is a multi-instrumentalist performer, composer, and studio musician based in Portland, OR. He has his roots in American fiddling and swing traditions, which have influenced his rhythm, taste, and style as they have spread into Soul, Jazz, Pop, and Americana. Luke brings a unique voice to any music he plays, whether he’s on the fiddle, electric guitar, or singing.
Jordan Tice
Guitar
2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Jordan Tice is a singular voice on the American roots music scene. Over the last ten years, he has developed a reputation as a unique and versatile guitarist and prolific composer of some of the most thoughtful and well-crafted tunes of his generation. Jordan has a voice and sonic aesthetic that is all his own with which he filters the sounds and conventions of American Music into something unique.
Gabe Witcher
Fiddle
2024
Gabe Witcher is a Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist / Producer / Composer / Arranger best known for his work with the genre-bending acoustic quintet, Punch Brothers. Throughout his nearly 40 year career, he has worked with a wide range of artistic luminaries, including Paul Simon, Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, Willie Nelson, T Bone Burnett and Jon Batiste.
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