Mark M. Davis
Guitarist, mandolinist, teacher, conductor.
Mark M. Davis
THE HAMPTON TRIO
Classical, romantic and contemporary music for mandolin, mandola, and guitar
The Hampton Trio performs original music and arrangements for ensemble of mandolin, mandola, and classical guitar. Inspired by the groundbreaking work of groups such as Trio Nuovo (Japan) and Trio Chamorro (Spain), the Hampton Trio’s goal is to popularize and augment the existing repertoire for this instrumentation. The Hampton Trio has performed at the 46 Festival Internacional de Plectro de La Rioja (2018) as well as The Sunday Sounds Series sponsored by the Boston Classiacal Guitar Society, the Bread Box Theater, the Packing House and other New England venues.
The members of the Trio also perform in the New American Mandolin Ensemble and have appeared in plucked string music festivals in Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA.
Robert A. Margo, mandola, mandolin
Robert Margo is an accomplished performer on classical guitar, classical mandolin, mandola and renaissance lute. He studied classical guitar with William Newman in Philadelphia and with John Johns in Nashville, and in master classes with Sergio Assad and Manuel Barrueco. He has given solo and duo performances on classical guitar in Nashville and in Boston, and also regularly accompanies singers. On renaissance lute Margo studied with Catherine Liddell in Boston, and taken lessons with Paul O’Dette, Ronn McFarlane, and Nigel North.
An avid fan of new music for plucked strings, Margo has commissioned pieces from Clarice Assad, John Goodin, Francine Trester, and Frank Wallace. Twice a prize-winner at the national performance competition of the Classical Mandolin Society of America (CMSA), Margo frequently writes articles on mandolin topics for the CMSA’s quarterly journal. Margo's arrangements for solo mandolin and for mandolin ensemble have been performed by Chris Acquavella, the Baltimore Mandolin Quartet, the CMSA En Masse Orchestra, the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra, the New Expressions Mandolin Orchestra, and the Providence Mandolin Orchestra.
Beverly Davis, classical guitar Beverly Davis has been involved in plucked string ensembles since the 1980’s when she studied classical guitar with Reed Desrosier and performed with the Keene State Guitar Orchestra, one of the first such ensembles in the USA to tour internationally. She continued her work with the Providence Mandolin Orchestra. As President of that organization she has organized numerous international tours and directed the 2001 International Festival of Mandolins in Providence, Rhode Island. She has performed as a duo with Mark Davis since 2001, and as guitarist in the New American Mandolin Ensemble since 2014.
International concert tours have taken Beverly Davis to the Festival Mandolines de Lunel (France), Eurofestival Zupfmusik (Germany), Festival Ciudad de Cristal (Spain), the Sydney FAME Festival (Australia) and the Festival Internacional de Plectro La Rioja (Spain)
Mark M. Davis