Maria Wilson - Professional Guitarist

A premier solo guitarist with five albums of own Images of the Past, Mary Artuso's Dream, Generations, and Gifts from My Guitar; Maria has performed her unique instrumental contemporary guitar sound throughout Pennsylvania and the Northeast and Southeast. Festivals, colleges, fairs, college houses, country clubs; Maria has done them all. Maria Artuso's Dream has aired on several radio stations throughout Pennsylvania. She has also opened up for Roger McGuinn and was a festival act at the Little Buffalo Arts Festival with Livingston Taylor. Maria continues to astonish audiences with her intensified and complex instrumental guitar show. She has been performing professionally for over 20 years and has performed at over 400 venues throughout the east coast including the Belmont Stakes, Columbia - Folk Festival, Mid Atlantic Borders Tour, NACA College touring, American Musicfest, Musikfest, Atlantic City Beach Festival, and many other numerous outdoor concerts and events. Maria is a composer for RDSD Publishing Company, Middletown, PA. Music from her CD Generations is being promoted in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxumbourg, and Sweden for TV and Film

Maria Wilson - Highlights

• Opening Acts for the following artists:

• Roger McGuinn - Carlisle Regional and Performing Arts Center, Carlisle, PA

• Livingston Taylor - Little Buffalo Festival of the Arts, New Port, PA

• Dar Williams - The Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA

• John Renbourn - Columbia Folk Festival, Columbia, PA

• Performer for the Belmont Stakes, Elmont, NY

• Featured touring act Borders Bookstore Tour, Mid Atlantic - 2000-2002

• Composer for RDSD Publishing - Music for TV and film, Middletown, PA - 2008

• Featured on WRVV 97.3 - The RIVER, WIOV, and 88.1 WXPN, Philadelphia

• Newspapers - Wood and Steel - Taylor Guitars, The Patriot News - Harrisburg, PA, Self-Employed Magazine, The York Daily Record, The Lancaster New Era and The Hershey Chronicle

Maria is available for weddings, corporate events, private functions, and any occasions. Call 717-564-2424.