Alice Clair has been playing music since she was 8 years old. Under her mentor, Joe Madison of Blue Star Music, she began to write songs on the guitar and perform them at the age of twelve. She worked as an apprentice at Blue Star and learned how to fix and play multiple instruments, including guitars, mandolins, banjos, and even accordions. Since then, she has gone on to perform across Nelson, Albemarle, and Augusta County in several musical groups and in countless venues. Her interests and influences span bluegrass and folk country music to classic rock and funk. Currently you can find Alice performing with the rock band The Blenders as vocalist and guitarist at venues spanning Fellini's #9 to the Southern and the Camel in Richmond. She is also a DJ on WXTJ and a volunteer sound engineer on WTJU. Alice is a double major in biology and music, and is pleased to have Richard Will both as her bluegrass professor and major advisor.