Grammy-winning composer and fiddler Mark
O’Connor has created several arrangements of Christmas classics and fashions a wondrous
mixture of both instrumental and vocal music in bluegrass and other American music genres.
Concertgoers are treated to fresh takes on traditional songs with a few original compositions
included. His renditions are playful and joyous, but can be strikingly earnest too.
Mark O’Connor’s Christmas concerts features himself performing on four instruments; fiddle,
acoustic guitar, mandolin and mandocello. The shows include his wife and fellow Grammy-
winner Maggie O’Connor on fiddle and vocals. Mark and Maggie have performed An

Appalachian Christmas together as husband and wife for nearly 10 years. Much of the year they
tour behind their latest recording of original Americana songs and classics, Life After Life.
Together on stage, Mark and Maggie have a dynamic energy that bring their individual
expertise to holiday themes and classics in the most delightful and musically satisfying way!