Mark Hilliard Wilson has an engaging approach to programing concerts that draws from the deep well of history and a desire to relate contemporary interests to universal themes. He founded the Seattle Guitar Orchestra in 2000 and became the cathedral guitarist at St. James Cathedral in Seattle 2006. He has taught at Whatcom Community College, Bellevue College, the Rosewood Guitar and is currently at the Holy Names Academy, his compositions are published by Seconda Prattica and performed widely. Recently Wilson premiered a concerto written for him by the Ukrainian composer Oleg Boyko.  Wilson will be directing Guitar ensembles in the premier of a work he commissioned from Boyko at the 2023 Northwest Guitar Festival in Bellingham, WA.  2023 will see the release of The Music of Taiwo Adegoke, changing the canon of the classical guitar with music from Nigeria, also music for Seattle Guitar Orchestra and cello and classical guitar featuring cellist Abbie Eads.  He was raised around the world, traveling from California to Minnesota to Holland, to Washington D.C. to Payette, Idaho and then graduating high school in Boise, Idaho. Mark continued to travel to Ellensburg and then Bellingham to earn his undergraduate degree in Music History and classical guitar performance and then to Rochester to earn a Masters in classical guitar performance, before finding his base in Seattle in 1995.  

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