Bryce Rabideau is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with a background in jazz and roots music and a specialty in genre-defying mandolin-centric experiments.

In 2016, he joined Buffalo Rose, a vocal-harmony-driven modern folk outfit.  The group was the overall grand prize winner at the International Acoustic Music Awards in 2022 and has played official showcases at South By Southwest and Folk Alliance International.  Their EP Rabbit features the voice and compositional prowess of Tom Paxton.

Within the last two years, Bryce has received funding from the Pathways to Jazz grant program and the New Hazlett Theater to compose, perform, and record a suite of instrumental songs for the mandolin, acoustic guitar, and double bass.  The work, titled Meanwhile, premiered at the New Hazlett in October 2021 and was released as an album on May 19, 2023.

Bryce has been hired to play and record with a number of nationally recognized acts including Charles Wesley Godwin, The Skyliners, and Joy Ike.  In early 2021, he served as a music director and guitarist for Ms. Palmer’s Honey, a radio drama set in 1940’s St. Louis.  Other composition credits include the soundtrack for the children’s educational program Codejoy and a portion of the new score for the restored silent film “Spang’s First Century.”