Maria Wilson

    In August of 1997, Maria Wilson developed her own booking agency.  Her niche markets consist of festivals, outdoor venues, and weddings.  Maria has a well respected name in the Mid-Atlantic region as both an agent and a professional musician.  Her clients include Arcona Reel Band, The Badlees, Jeffrey Gaines, Nancy Falkow, The Reese Project, Tony Perry, Naked Blue, Andy and Denise, and Pete Palladino.

    Maria has participated on panels and mentoring at the Philadelphia Music Conference, Millennium Music Conferences and The Folk Alliance Conferences.

    Maria has spoken at several music colleges about the music industry.

    Maria's future goals are to expand her agency with a broad focus for outdoor venues throughout the East Coast and to develop tours for her represented artists within these markets.
The Agent


 The Performer:

      A premier solo guitarist with five albums of her own, Gifts From My Guitar, Generations, Mary Artuso's Dream, Images of the Past, and Live at the Wire, Maria has performed her unique instrumental contemporary guitar sound throughout Pennsylvania and the Eastern Seaboard.  Maria's "2000" release Generations, has been featured on radio stations throughout Pennsylvania and is also on Wyndfall Records, an indie label based in Central Pennsylvania.  She was the recipient of the 2002 Martin Guitar Scholarship for Fingerstyle Guitar at Dusquene University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Dusquene's program is ranked the #5 music school in the country.  She has also been a performer at venues such as The Belmont Stakes, Atlantic City Beachfest, and The Philadelphia Fair. She has shared stages with Roger McGuinn, Livingston Taylor, Dar Williams, and Naked Blue.  Maria continues to astonish audiences with her intensified and complex instrumental guitar show.

 

The Instructor:

    Maria is also a guitar and bass instructor and has been teaching an abundance of  students in Central PA.  She is very popular in the area due to her unique style of teaching.  Maria has studied with Frank Romeo of New York City and Marcia Englar (Peabody Conservatory), and has attended PA Governor's School and Harrisburg Area Community College for music business.