Kyle Dillingham and Peter Markes – Bluegrass/Folk Duo – Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum

Kyle Dillingham, of Oklahoma City, started playing the violin when he was nine. While still in high school, Dillingham was featured twice on Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry and had performed with legends Roy Clark and Hank Thompson. He later went on to receive his bachelor’s degree in instrumental music performance from Oklahoma City University.

Dillingham has taken his music to 37 countries earning him the title of “Oklahoma’s Musical Ambassador.”

He has performed for the King of Malaysia, the Princess of Thailand, Beijing Central Conservatory (broadcast on Chinese national television) and Singapore’s National Day Celebration. Dillingham has also performed for many government leaders including the Japanese, Thai and Saudi Arabian Ambassadors as well as for many US Ambassadors while abroad.

Furthermore, as the Musical Ambassador in Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma, Dillingham uses his “musical diplomacy” to help develop and strengthen new overseas partnerships for the university.

Kyle has also championed the commissions and performed the premieres of 8 new works for solo violin and symphony orchestra – collaborating with many orchestras worldwide!

For over fifteen years, Peter Markes (pronounced Marcus) enjoyed a highly successful career as a classroom music educator and performing folk musician.  Markes performs full time with the band, Kyle Dillingham & Horseshoe Road. As a lifelong classically and folk trained violinist and hobby guitarist, Markes has had the chance to perform with musical partner, Kyle Dillingham in nearly thirty countries in North, Central, and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Join us for this special performance!