Mark
Henjum

Mark has been teaching guitar since his undergraduate years at the University of South Dakota, giving private lessons and serving as an adjunct faculty member at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. After moving to the Twin Cities, he opened a home studio teaching guitar, bass, and voice. While pursuing his studies at the University of Minnesota, he joined the adjunct faculty at Crown College in St. Bonifacius, and taught guitar and bass at Son-Sheim Music and Dance and at Musicapolis, a Schubert Club school.

Mark brings decades of experience playing in bands across the Minneapolis/St. Paul scene, as well as Sioux Falls, the Black Hills of South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, and the Denver area in Colorado. Over those years he shared the stage with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Doobie Brothers, and Mike Miller and Mark Craney of Sioux Falls, and opened for Neil Diamond and the Lovin' Spoonful — real-world stage experience he carries directly into his teaching.

Mark served as Jam Camps director for All Around the Neighborhood on the West Side of St. Paul, leading jam sessions for groups of kids at the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center. That background makes him a natural fit for young players who learn best by making music together — building confidence, timing, and ensemble skills alongside their technique.

From first-time beginners to advanced players, Mark teaches guitar, ukulele, piano, and voice to students of all ages. With his range of teaching settings — private studio, college faculty, music schools, and group jam camps — and decades of stage experience behind him, lessons are shaped around your goals and the music you actually want to play.