Brian Mount has been the principal percussionist of the Minnesota Orchestra since 1999. He had previously served as principal percussion of the Honolulu Symphony, a post he held for four years. He has performed with many additional major orchestras, including the Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Pittsburgh and San Antonio symphony orchestras and the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonic Orchestras.
Brian graduated from Indiana University, studied further at the Tanglewood Music Festival and earned a master’s degree from Temple University in Philadelphia.
Brian's latest project involves playing guitar and singing with The M.O.B. (Minnesota Orchestra Band), a Minnesota Orchestra based Rock and Roll cover band.
He lives in Plymouth with his wife Jill and their two children, Dean and Leilani.