Mark Teplitsky is continuing his studies of flute performance with Professor Jim Walker at the Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, after completing a year of studies with Professor Thomas Robertello at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.

Mark has been a previous MMF finalist in ’08, '09 and '10, and earned firsts in the San Diego Flute Guild competition in ’03, ’04 and’05, in the San Diego MTAC Concert Competition in ’05, SDYS Concert Competition in ’06, at the California State Finals of the VOCE competition intermediate winds division ’06, and senior winds in ’08. He has won the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlights 2007 and Orange County Performing Arts Center Tomorrow’s Stars 2008 competitions,

in addition to being a winner of the National Public Radio (NPR) "From the Top" and the "National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts". He regularly performs in fundraising and community outreach programs and events.

His piano playing has won him finalist positions in prestigious competitions and his fencing qualified him for the 2007 Junior Olympics.