Mark Reneau’s career encompasses solo recital and concerto appearances, as well as orchestral, opera, chamber music and baroque performance.  Mr Reneau is the former concertmaster of the Huntsville (Alabama) Symphony Orchestra and also plays frequently in the violin section of the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, performing with such conductors as Stefan Sanderling, Carlos Kalmar, and Leonard Slatkin.  Since 2005, he has been Associate Concertmaster of the Bellingham Festival of Music in Washington State.  Several of his performances with the Bellingham Festival have been broadcast on National Public Radio’s Performance Today program.

Mr. Reneau has made several recordings with Orchestra Nashville, including the first stereo recording of Virgil Thomason’s cello concerto and a critically acclaimed Naxos disc of works by Aaron Copland. He has also made studio recordings with diverse artists such as Trey Anastasio, James Brickman, and Rebecca Lynn Howard. He is a gifted and dedicated teacher, serving over twenty years on the faculty of Southern Adventist University.