Ty Bennett
(guitar, bass guitar)

Ty Bennett was born in Hampton, SC and moved to North Carolina at a young age. Ty has a varied musical background playing piano as a child, trombone in school, guitar in church and studying theory & composition in college. With a deep passion for all forms of music, Ty has performed and/or recorded with beach bands, gospel groups, jazz combos and progressive-rock units. Ty considers himself a writer first and composes most of the material in Candlewyck's repertoire. He has composed many works in various styles and was the 1999 recipient of an ASC Artist Grant. Aside from his writing and playing duties in the newgrass group Candlewyck, Ty also works as an arranger, producer and instructor in Charlotte, North Carolina.