Mark Broschinsky, Trombone

Mark Broschinsky has been recognized by the Rapid City Journal as a “true virtuoso on the instrument” and the New York Times described his performance with the Guidonian Hand as “expertly played.”  He has performed as a guest artist at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico and the Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival in Vail, CO.  Mark has also appeared with numerous orchestras including the Utah Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony, Ensemble ACJW, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the New Hampshire Symphony, and the Britten-Pears Festival Orchestra in England.  He has played under conductors such as Keith Lockhart, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, and Gunther Schuller.

An active chamber musician, Mark is a founding member of M5 Brass Quintet, the 3/5 (three-fifths) Brass Trio, and the Guidonian Hand Trombone Quartet.  He is also a member of the New York Trombone Trio and the New York Chamber Virtuosi.  Mark has appeared at such New York City venues as Le Poisson Rouge, the Galapagos Art Space, the Stone, and the Tank.  As a former member of the Synergy Brass Quintet Mark has performed concerts and presented master classes throughout the United States, including appearances at the Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory, Indiana University School of Music, and the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.  He has commissioned and premiered numerous works, is the founding member of the new music ensemble, Grocery Store Sushi, and has performed with New York based groups Wet Ink and Alarm Will Sound.

Mark earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He then successfully completed a Master’s degree in trombone performance at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Mark went on to earn a Graduate Performance diploma with Norman Bolter at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. Currently, he is a candidate for the Doctor of Music Arts degree at the Manhattan School of Music.