Hadley Reynolds started playing horn in the Chicago area in the late 1950’s. Fortunately, he had many opportunities to attend Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts under Fritz Reiner, and to develop a lifelong appreciation for the exceptional sound being created by the CSO brass of the time, particularly Philip Farkas (horn), Adolph Herseth (trumpet), and Arnold Jacobs (tuba). In these years he played in the Evanston Symphony Orchestra under the CSO’s Frank Miller, the North Side Symphony under the CSO’s Milton Preves, the Youth Orchestra of Greater Chicago under Dr. Frank Powers, the North Shore Band of Wilmette under nationally renowned Northwestern University Band Director John Paynter, as well as winning state-wide awards for horn solo work with stage band, orchestra, as well as ensemble conducting. Hadley studied with Christopher Leuba, Principal Horn of the CSO, and K. Ethel Merker, the first nationally recognized woman symphony player and recording artist on the horn, designer of the Holton “Merkermatic” line of horns. In the Philadelphia area, He studied with Ward Fearn of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and performed solo concertos and conducted the joint orchestras of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges. In the Boston area, Hadley has played with many classical music organizations, including the Newton Symphony, the Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston, Boston Summer Opera Theatre, Wellesley Symphony, Dover Foundation Community Theater, Esprit de Cors, and others. He’s currently pleased to play with Bay Colony Brass, Boston’s leading pro-am large brass ensemble.