Mark Robbins

Adjunct Instructor

French horn

Mark Robbins is associate principal French horn with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and also performs as principal horn with the Seattle Opera, including performing the horn calls for Wagner’s Ring Cycle. When the Ring Cycle is not being performed in Seattle, he spends his summers in upstate New York with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. He has been a featured soloist with the Seattle Symphony and other orchestras on a number of occasions. Also a frequent performer of chamber music, he has performed with the Seattle Chamber Players and is a member of the Amacord Wind Quintet. Formerly, he was a member of the Miami, Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, and has performed at the Spoleto, Tanglewood, and Olympic Music festivals. He is also the horn coach for the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in performance from Temple University where he studied with Kendall Betts.