Mark Hilliard Wilson is an active performer, teacher, and director of the Seattle Guitar Orchestra, which he founded in 1999. As cathedral guitarist at Seattle's St. James Cathedral, he has performed there weekly since 2006. Wilson has written or arranged more than 200 works, and avidly explores new venues for the performance of classical music while addressing contemporary issues through concert programming. Music has always been everything to Wilson, from the barrel organs he heard in his childhood in Holland to the symphony orchestras in Washington, DC and country bands in Weiser, Idaho. He continues to study and embrace the wonder of new places and the creativity of the wonderful artists of every stripe in the world.

Spring Vibes: At the Crossroads of Classical Music, Jazz, & Folk

Saturday, March 2, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Stage 7 Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach — Selected works
Frédéric Chopin — Selected works
George Gershwin — Selected works

$30

Music on the Ridge: Classical Guitar with Mark Wilson & Company

Thursday, August 3, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
St. John United Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States

It's time for Music on the Ridge! Join us this season for four weeks of concerts with local musicians. All concerts are free and open to th…

Free (donations gladly accepted to support affordable non-profit music rehearsal space)

Summertime Jazz, Tango, & More

Wednesday, June 21, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Resonance Events, Bellevue, WA, United States
Astor Piazzolla — Selected works
George Gershwin — Selected works
Myroslav Skoryk — Selected works

$45 ($30 senior ages 65 & over/children ages 17 & under)

Opus 7: Pilgrim Beatitudes

Saturday, May 13, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States

$20-$40 (students pay-as-able); see event description for details

Aquilon Music Festival & PNW Kobzar Project: The Forest Tale

Saturday, April 29, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance Events, Bellevue, WA, United States
Mykola Lysenko — Selected works
Oleg BoykoThe Old Forest Tales (US premiere)
Myroslav Volynsky — Selected works (art songs TBA)
Francesco Santoliquido — Selected works
Robert Schumann — Selected works
Richard Strauss — Selected works

$40

The Sound Ensemble: Resistance

Saturday, September 10, 2022 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Oleg Boyko — Selected works (world premiere; Mark Hilliard Wilson, guitar)
Leanna PrimianiShadowbanks (world premiere)

TBD

Ukraine Benefit Concert at Couth Buzzard Books

Friday, June 17, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Couth Buzzard Books, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person

Classical guitarist Mark Hilliard Wilson plays a concert to benefit the ongoing crisis, including folk songs from Ukraine. Donations will g…

Free (donations welcome)