Ballroom Marfa was honored to host visiting guitarist Sharon Isbin at Marfa Jr/Sr High School as part of our ongoing program, Making Art Work. By coordinating in-class visits, the program gives students direct exposure to working art professionals, like Isbin. For this program, she played an acoustic piece for the band students and discussed how she became a solo guitarist. 

Sharon Isbin is a three-time Grammy Award-winning solo guitarist. Acclaimed for her extraordinary lyricism, technique, and versatility, Isbin has been hailed as “the pre-eminent guitarist of our time.” She has given sold-out performances throughout the world at New York’s Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center, London’s Barbican and Wigmore Halls, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Paris’ Châtelet, Vienna’s Musikverein, Munich’s Herkulessaal, Madrid’s Teatro Real, and many others. She has served as Artistic Director/Soloist of festivals she created for Carnegie Hall and the Ordway Music Theatre (St. Paul), her own series at New York’s 92nd Street Y, and the acclaimed national radio series Guitarjam. She is a frequent guest on national radio programs including All Things Considered and Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion.