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Mark Teplitsky is the current Artistic Director of Olmos Ensemble. He was most recently appointed Assistant Principal Flute of the Naples Philharmonic in 2024. Prior to that he served for two years as Acting Second Flute with the Houston Symphony after performing for six years as Principal Flute with the San Antonio Symphony. A graduate of Rice University in 2016 and the Colburn School of Music in 2014, Mark has performed with orchestras across the country including the New York Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Florida Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, and the Sarasota Opera. Passionate about chamber music also, Mark has spent the past five seasons as Artistic Director of Olmos Ensemble, bringing high level artists such as Jeffrey Kahane, Jeannette Sorrell, Jon Kimura Parker, Jon Nakamatsu, and Vadim Gluzman to the Alamo City audiences.  As a soloist, Mark has performed a handful of concertos including those by Mozart, Reinecke, Bach, Vivaldi, Doppler, Boulez, Ibert and Chaminade. In the summers, Mark has appeared as a guest musician for organizations such as CactusPear Music Festival, Central City Opera, La Jolla Music Society and Olmos Ensemble. Mark can be heard playing on four CD’s: Houston Symphony’s Tchaikovsky Symphony 4, Fort Worth Symphony’s Symphonic Canvas, Sasha Cooke’s If You Love for Beauty and the Music Academy of the West’s 2015 Festival Highlights. Married to a flutist, Mark and his wife, Liz, have arranged a popular collection of flute duets that have sold across 40 countries. A Haynes Artist, Mark plays on a solid 14k gold Haynes flute with a 19.5k gold headjoint. In his free time, Mark enjoys bothering his two dogs, Rascal and Rudy, with his wife, Liz.

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