Mark Reynolds

Mark Reynolds studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and it was during this time that he was chosen to play with the Jeunesses Musicales World Youth Orchestra and became a founding member of the World Brass Ensemble.

He then moved to Munich to pursue his postgraduate studies at the Richard Strauss Konservatorium. Whilst there he performed with, amongst others, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Bavarian State Radio Orchestra, Bavarian State Opera, German Chamber Orchestra Bremen and Ensemble Modern, 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. He has frequently performed as a soloist, including numerous performances of the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto with various ensembles. February 2009 saw him move with his family back to his beloved Highlands of Scotland, where he teaches and conducts in Fort William for High Life Highland.

In 2017 he received the International Travelling Scholarship to The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, awarded by the Scottish Concert Band Festival. Mark continues to perform regularly with orchestras and ensembles both in Scotland and in Europe and in 2023 he started in his new role as Lecturer in Brass at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He is also a member of the International Tuba and Euphonium Professional Educators Committee which advises the international low brass community on a wide range of pedagogical matters.