Week 4
Bluegrass Week
Intermediate Bluegrass Mandolin
Sharon Gilchrist

Sharon Gilchrist got her start in a five-year stint with the Texas-based Blue Night Express, a bluegrass band that included Martie and Emily Erwin.  In their next configuration they became the Dixie Chicks. After touring another year with them, Sharon headed for Nashville where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Mandolin Performance from Belmont University while moonlighting with a number of Nashville-based acts on upright bass and mandolin. In 2005, she joined Peter Rowan & Tony Rice. Her vocal harmonies and mandolin picking adorn their acclaimed 2007 Rounder release, “Quartet.” Sharon has also toured with the all-girl old time band, Uncle Earl, and currently teaches mandolin at the College of Santa Fe.