Michi Cole Wenderlich grew up in the Finger Lakes but has worked and toured with many of the top early music orchestras and conductors in Europe, such as Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Leipziger Barockorchester, Elbipolis or Die Kölner Akademie, along with innovative crossover groups like Solistenensemble Kaleidoskop and Pera Ensemble. After studying at Stony Brook University they moved to Europe for early music studies at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, and they also have performance degrees from the Orchestra of the Enlightenment and the Formation Supérieure of the Abbaye aux Dames de Saintes. They have been featured as a soloist, especially for Viennese bass repertoire, at the Limberger Musiktage and Baroque Nights in the Frankfurt area. In addition to 16’ instruments they also play G Violone – a versatile continuo instrument of the Renaissance and early Baroque. They moved from Minnesota in 2022, where they performed with such groups as Bach Society of Minnesota, La Grande Bande, Flying Forms, Consortium Carissimi, and Sospiri. In Rochester they are also a political organizer with Metro Justice’s campaign to replace RG&E with a public utility.