Guitar Orchestra of Seattle & Choroloco w/ Zane Forshee & Mark Hilliard Wilson
$10
Zane Forshee, guitar
Mark Hilliard Wilson, guitar
Stuart Zobel, special guest
Brandi Ledferd, special guest
Naoyuki Sawada, special guest
An evening of acoustic guitar music featuring two CD releases, a Choros band, and two outstanding soloists: Zane Forshee and Mark Hilliard Wilson.
The Seattle Guitar Orchestra is proud to present Fulbright scholar and noted guitarist Zane Forshee in concert celebrating the release of his latest recording of Spanish works based on his research in Iberia, Valenciano. Forshee's performance will feature works from his latest release as well as arrangements by Thelonius Monk, Bob Dlyan, and Neil Young, among others.
In addition, the evening celebrates the debut recording of the Seattle Guitar Orchestra, Pilgrimages, featuring music composed and arranged by Mark Hilliard Wilson during the course of his travels along the Camino de Santiago. Their program will explore the story and music behind Brazilian Choros and American Ragtime, featuring special guest and local Choro experts Stuart Zobel, Brandi Ledferd, and Naoyuki Sawada as the ensemble Choroloco.
About Mark Hilliard Wilson
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.
https://markhilliardwilson.com/