Mark Reynolds
Music C.V.

 Mark Reynolds started playing the Tuba at the age of 14.

He graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of
Music and Drama in 1995 and it was during this period that he was chosen
to play with the Jeunesses Musicales World Youth Orchestra which is
where he became a member of the World Brass Ensemble.
He then moved to Munich where he started his postgraduate studies at
the Richard Strauss Konservatorium. Whilst there he performed with,
amongst others, the Munich Philharmonic, Bavarian State Radio
Orchestra, Bavarian State Opera and the Munich Symphony Orchestra as
well as the German Chamber Orchestra Bremen, Ensemble Modern
and the NDR Symphony Orchestra, Hamburg culminating in 1999 when he was the first tuba
player to be offered a position in the prestigious Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Academy.
In 2001, he was appointed principal Tuba of the Royal Philharmonic of Flanders, Antwerp and
became a founder member of the Ottone Brass Quintet.
He has frequently performed as a soloist including performances of the Vaughan Williams
Tuba Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic of Flanders and the Royal Scottish National
Orchestra as well as recording the world premiere of Maricio Kagel’s ‘Black Madrigal’ with
the Berlin Radio Chorus. He was also the soloist in the first performance and recording of
‘Don Giovanni’s Journey into Hell’ written for him and the

World Brass Ensemble by Jan Koetsier.
February 2009 saw him move back to his beloved Highlands of Scotland with his family
where he teaches and conducts in Fort William. He is the conductor of the Lochaber High
School Senior Band and Big Band as well as the Highland Youth Wind Band.
In 2017 the Highland Youth Wind Band recorded their first ever CD at the Royal Scottish
National Orchestra Centre in Glasgow with Mark at the helm. Esteemed Wind Band
composer Brian Balmages said of the recording: ‘You have created a wonderful sound with
the group, full of music and excitement’
In 2017 he was the recipient of the International Travelling Scholarship to The Midwest Band
and Orchestra clinic in Chicago awarded by the Scottish Concert Band Festival for the three
consecutive Gold Plus Award winning performances by the LHS Senior Wind Band at the
National Finals of the Festival in Perth Concert Hall.
Mark continues to perform regularly with orchestras and ensembles both in Scotland and in
Europe and is currently the tuba tutor,  brass ensemble coach and mentor for the Ambassador Programme for the National Youth
Orchestra of Scotland’s Senior Orchestra.

In June 2023, Mark took up the position of lecturer in Brass at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he will be teaching tuba and conduct the RCS Wind Orchestra and Brass Ensemble among many other duties.

Mark was invited by the International Tuba and Euphonium Association to join the International Profesional Educators Committee who will be advising the Committe of the ITEA on pedagocical matters.

In 2021 Mark published his first tuba exercise book - 'Sing, Buzz, Blow, Play.'

This is now available in both treble clef and bass clef

To purchase the book please click HERE

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