Mark Gainer

Principal Oboe

Mark Gainer has performed as Principal Oboist with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and its woodwind quintet since 1984, and has been a featured soloist with the CSO on numerous occasions. He holds degrees from The Hartt School and The Juilliard School of Music, and has performed with the Mexican State Symphony and the Filarmonica de Caracas. He has performed as Principal Oboist in various regional orchestras in the southeast, as well, including the North Carolina, Savannah, and Hilton Head Symphony Orchestras. 

As an active chamber musician, he has organized and performed in recitals all over the Americas, and is a founding member of Charleston Chamber Players. He has spent his summers participating in the Vale Veneto Festival in Brazil, the Colorado Music Festival, and was a soloist in the Spoleto Festival Chamber Music Series and Savannah Music Festival on numerous occasions. He is also a faculty member of the College of Charleston, and plays with Chamber Music Charleston.