Biography

Mark Broschinsky has been praised by the Rapid City Journal as a “true virtuoso on the instrument,” and the New York Times has recognized his “expertly played” performance with the Guidonian Hand.

Mark has appeared as a guest artist at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico, and also performed with numerous orchestras, including the Utah Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Vermont Symphony, and the Britten-Pears Festival Orchestra in England.  He has been a featured solo recitalist at the University of California – Santa Barbara, Brigham Young University, Capital University, Snow College, the University of Utah, and the Longy School of Music, and performed the Wagenseil Concerto for Alto Trombone at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, UT.

An active chamber musician, Mark is a founding member of the Guidonian Hand, which appeared as featured artists at the 2010 International Trombone Festival in Austin, TX.  The Hand performs regularly in the New York City area, and recently completed a tour with stops in Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas.

Mark is also a member of the New York Trombone Trio and the New York Chamber Virtuosi, with which he has appeared at such New York City Venues as Le Poisson Rouge, Zankell Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, the Galapagos Art Space, the Tank, and John Zorn’s performance space, the Stone.

In 2010 Mark was featured with the M5 Brass Quintet on WQXR’s McGraw Hill Young Artist Showcase.  The M5 Brass Quintet was also the Young Artist in Residence at Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival in Vail, CO.  As a former member of the Synergy Brass Quintet Mark 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.

Mark has commissioned and premiered numerous works, and founded the new music ensemble Grocery Store Sushi.  Additionally, he has performed with New York-based groups Ensemble ACJW, Wet Ink and Alarm Will Sound, and was a featured soloist at the New York Electronic Arts Music Festival.

At home in a variety of settings, Mark has appeared with several indie rock bands and can be heard on recordings of “Lillian,” a folk opera by Ben Lear and Snowmine’s album Laminate Pet Animal.  Mark is also a member of the Shrine Big Band, an experimental band based at the Shrine in Harlem.

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