Wauconda Township presents folk troubadour Mark Dvorak March 7

The Wauconda Township Senior Club welcomes Chicago’s “official troubadour” Mark Dvorak for an afternoon of song and story on Tuesday, March 7 at 1:30 pm. The event takes place at Wauconda Township, 505 W. Bonner Road.

Dvorak who accompanies himself on guitar, 5-string banjo and 12-string guitar, has performed in thirty-eight states and in parts of Europe and Canada. He has released seventeen albums and has won awards for journalism and children’s music. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and received the Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International in 2013.

“We’re happy to welcome Mark back to our series,” said program coordinator Arlene Meyer. “He is an amazing musician and a favorite with our audience."

Dvorak is busy at work on his 20th CD release Live & Alone, recorded in an empty concert hall during the height of the pandemic lock down. He is also planning to publish his fourth book of essays, 31 Winters, which reflects on his long journey through music and teaching.

“At this stage of the game,” said the singer from his home outside Chicago, Illinois, “I feel like I’m doing my best work.”

The Chicago Tribune has called Dvorak “masterful,” and the Fox Valley Folk Festival describes him as “a living archive of song and style.” Dvorak has won awards for journalism and children’s music, and was honored in 2013 with the FARM Lantern Bearer Award from Folk Alliance International. In 2008 he received the Woodstock Folk Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2012 Rich Warren, long time host of The Midnight Special radio program named Dvorak “Chicago’s official troubadour.”

For information visit www.waucondatownship.com.

Learn more about Mark Dvorak at www.markdvorak.com.