Dr. Mark Appling has inspired audiences in venues throughout the Americas and Europe, performing extensively both as a solo guitarist and chamber musician. He has performed for many of the leading guitarists of our time, including Pepe and Angel Romero, Eduardo Fernandez, Alfonso Moreno, and Eliot Fisk, who praises Appling as a “gifted young guitarist whose great love for music is communicated through the warmth of his sound and the intensity of his feeling.” Recent highlights include performances for the New Mexico Museum of Art and Boston Classical Guitar Society, as well as live radio broadcasts and performances in New York, Rio de Janeiro, and Barcelona.

Mark earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Texas Wesleyan University under Michael Dailey, a Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory in the studio of Eliot Fisk, and a doctorate in performance and literature at the Eastman School of Music, where he studied guitar with Nicholas Goluses and historical performance practice with Paul O’Dette. Based in Spain, Mark maintains an international guitar studio in addition to his role as teaching artist at BSM.