Reese, Marc

He is a trumpeter born Marc Brian Reese who studied music at the Juilliard School and the Tanglewood Institute, becoming a Fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center, followed by gaining degrees at Boston University and New England Conservatory.

He became a member of Empire Brass in 1996 and has also managed to also work as a soloist and chamber musician giving performances on a national and international basis. He has given performances with several acclaim orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. He has also been a performer in many world premieres, written many arrangements and commissioned new trumpet works.

No stranger to the recording studio he has recorded the solo album The Other Trumpet as well as performing on releases such as George Rochberg: Black Sounds by the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Shostakovich: Symphony No.5/Cello Concerto by the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Summon the Heroes by the Boston Pops Orchestra, Baroque Music for Brass and Organ, Class Brass: Fire Dance and The Glory of Gabrieli by Empire Brass.

His wife is the pianist Lisa Leonard and together they have given performances of works such as the commissioned Concerto by James Stephenson and Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings by Shostakovich.

He is the contributing editor for the music column Chamber Connection in the International Trumpet Guild Journal.

In the field of musical education is has held many trumpet master classes and has been the Head of Brass Department and Assistant Dean at the Conservatory of Music at Lynn University. He has also been an adjudicator and competitions and conferences, a clinician for the Conn-Selmer Company and taught at several music festivals.

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