Mark Hughes

Mark Hughes has served as Principal Trumpet of the Houston Symphony since 2006. He has appeared as soloist with the orchestra on several occasions and has performed and recorded with the Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras and continues to be in demand as a soloist with orchestras and in recital. Hughes developed his abilities at Northwestern University where he studied with the late Vincent Cichowicz of the Chicago Symphony. After graduation, he joined the Civic Orchestra of Chicago as a scholarship student of Adolph Herseth, the legendary Principal Trumpet of the Chicago Symphony. For 12 seasons Hughes was a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as Associate Principal Trumpet. .He also toured with Richard Morris as the popular organ and trumpet duo, “Toccatas and Flourishes,” performing throughout the United States and Canada.