Mario Díaz is a Portland-based multi-instrumentalist, guitarist, and educator whose work bridges classical training with a wide range of musical traditions. He has performed and collaborated throughout the United States and South America and is currently on the faculties of Reed College and Portland State University, where he directs the PSU Guitar Program. As a performer and recording artist, Díaz has worked with an eclectic range of musicians and organizations, including Grammy award winning artists Dave Eggar, Antonio Rey and Trey Hensley. His performances and teaching emphasize rhythm, storytelling, and stylistic fluency, drawing connections between classical guitar and global musical traditions in a way that is both rigorous and engaging. Mario will offer a performance as part of the SCGS Annual All-Members Meeting. Following the presentation will be a Q&A with Mario and a reception. Everyone is invited to the meeting and concert, including all SCGS members as well as anyone who would like to enjoy the music and presentation, learn more about the SCGS, meet the SCGS Board members, and hear about upcoming events and future plans for the Seattle Classic Guitar Society.

The Ibison Guitar Duo, Chad Ibison and Janet Grohovac, are Grammy-nominated guitarists whose performances have been praised as "superb and sublime" (Austin American-Statesman) while presenting a "refined and elegant style" (This is Classical Guitar). The duo performs throughout the US and abroad with recent appearances at the Fundación Guitarra Viva tour in Chile (2025); the esteemed Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina; the Canada West tour of Banff, Edmonton, and a one week residency at Calgary's GuitarFest West; Festival Internacional de Guitarra de Taxco, Mexico; Christ Church Cathedral series, Canada; Ticino Musica's concerts in Lugano, Switzerland; and the Houston Classical Guitar Festival and Competition. Both hold Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from The University of Texas at Austin studying with Adam Holzman. Dr. Ibison has won many top prizes in competitions including the prestigious Guitar Foundation of America and the JoAnn Falletta Concerto Competition. Dr. Grohovac won 1st prize awards at the Southern Guitar Competition, and the Northwest Guitar Competition. Chad was the Teaching Assistant to Professor Adam Holzman at UT-Austin for 4 years and is the Professor of Guitar at Austin Community College. Janet is the Professor of Guitar at Concordia University Texas and Austin Community College. They also manage their own very successful Austin-based guitar studio where the duo teaches close to seventy students a week. Janet and Chad perform on Martin Blackwell guitars handcrafted in the Sunshine Coast of BC, Canada.

Emma Rush is "widely regarded as one of Canada's premier classical guitarists" (Vivascene Magazine) and her career has commanded world recognition. Touring highlights include the Altamira Shanghai International Guitar Festival (China), Festival de Guitarras Lagos de Moreno (Mexico), and Future Echoes Festival (Sweden), and performing on a cross-country train trip aboard The Canadian. Emma Rush released The Life and Times of Catharina Pratten, dedicated to the Victorian guitar icon and her circle, in 2025. In 2020 Rush released Wake the Sigh, a collection of rare music written for guitar by women in the 19th century, almost none of which had ever been recorded before. "Emma Rush has crafted a sound that transcends generations and speaks directly to the heart and soul." (Too Much Love Magazine)

Seattle guitarist Brian Dunbar has been a member of SCGS since 1978! He started playing guitar after seeing a Liverpool quartet on television in 1964, then became hooked on classical guitar in 1972. Brian received a Bachelor's Degree from Western Washington University and a Masters in Guitar Performance from the University of Arizona. He has taught guitar at both Pacific Lutheran University and the University of Arizona. He currently performs solo in the Seattle area, and is a member of the Seattle Eastside Guitar Ensemble (SEGE). In addition to guitar Brian plays cello and percussion with West Seattle Community Orchestras, where he is on the Board of Directors.