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12/06/2021

Ring in the holidays with three virtuoso acoustic guitarists with Grammy Award, Blues Hall of Fame, and Nat’l Fingerpicking Champion credentials!

Mark Hanson, Doug Smith, and Terry Robb — Acoustic Guitar Summit — played for a sold-out crowd at Artichoke Music in Portland, Oregon last night. There are a few tickets left for tonight’s show, so get yours now!

Monday, December 6 at 8pm
Masks & proof of vaccination required.

Tickets at the door or online at https://www.artichokemusic.org/classes.aspx?sem=39278 (click the Dec 5 link and you’ll have the option to buy Dec 6 tickets).

08/06/2021

Tonight is the Premiere concert broadcast of my July 20 in-person solo concert in the Portland area.
The link: https://www.wilsonvillearts.org/summer-performance-series
I've also posted a new YouTube video: We Gather Together
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWKCE-82G1fEAnFJNiiIBIQ

Grammy-Award winning acoustic guitarist Mark Hanson is a top performer, composer, arranger and educator in the field of fingerstyle guitar. He won a Grammy i...

08/04/2021

Mark Hanson's first live, in-person concert in 17 months is broadcast live this Friday, August 6 at this url:
https://www.wilsonvillearts.org/summer-performance-series
The show was presented and filmed July 16 at Meridian UCC in Wilsonville, Oregon, in front of a well-spaced 'crowd' of about 25 enthusiastic people. It's (almost) all original music from a fingerstyle guitar master. Good to be onstage again!
As the poster below says, "Viewable after the Premiere, too!"

07/01/2020

"Live" right now!

06/30/2020

Greta and I filmed two concerts over the weekend that are being broadcast today by the public library of the Columbia River Gorge city of The Dalles. Greta's kid show has just started. Our 45-minute duo concert is broadcast this evening. They will both available for viewing for a week. Here are the links:
https://www.wascocountylibrary.com/the-dalles-library or they can just visit our page https://www.facebook.com/thedalleswascocountylibrary/

The Dalles-Wasco County Public Library was founded in 1910. After outgrowing its original Carnegie library location, it moved to its new home on Court Street in 1966 and has been there ever since. :)

06/15/2020

Mark and I are pleased to be a part of this fundraiser for Black Lives Matter. Please check it out.

15 track album

05/07/2020

We're organizing live-stream concerts for kids in hospitals. Please check out Pickleberry Pie, and help anyway you can - cards, funds, whatever! Thank you!

COVID-19 has changed hospital visitor policy so we can't send musicians into hospitals, but we can reach even more kids with virtual concerts! Music helps relieve stress. Your support now is vital!

03/20/2020

Hi, everyone. For some months I have been planning the unveiling of online workshops, beginning March 28. If you have need of new guitar material beamed directly into your home, please check out my offerings for March/April/May. I would be happy to meet you and share some of my knowledge, if only virtually!

Topics:

March 28: Basic Music Theory, Made Understandable and Fun for Guitarists!

April 18: Secrets of Smooth Fingerstyle Playing

May 9: Fingerstyle Jazz for "Folkies"

For full descriptions, FAQ, and to register, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fingerstyle-guitar-workshops-with-mark-hanson-tickets-99448525216?aff=facebook

I hope you are 'sheltering in place' and taking good care of yourselves and your loved ones.

03/06/2020

Quick, fun trip to California coming up today, with a Berkeley concert, Palo Alto guitar workshops, family time with our daughters and fun in Foothills Congo in Los Altos on Sunday. I hear it'g going to rain in the Bay Area. It's been sunny and gorgeous in rainy Oregon. That's a switch! Here's the info if you an see Greta and me!

Mark and Greta bring their sparkling vocals and ferocious and sensitive guitar playing to this cosy, warm venue in Berkeley. Opening is blues fingerpicker Pete Madsen.