countertenor
GRAMMY-nominated American countertenor Reginald Mobley is globally renowned for his interpretation of baroque, classical and modern repertoire, and leads a prolific career on both sides of the Atlantic.
An advocate for diversity in music and its programming, Reginald became the first ever Programming Consultant for the Handel & Haydn Society following several years of leading H&H in its community engaging Every Voice concerts. He holds the position of Visiting Artist for Diversity Outreach with Apollo’s Fire and has recently been appointed as Artistic Advisor at the Portland Baroque Orchestra. Reginald is also leading a research project in the UK funded by the AHRC to uncover music by composers from diverse backgrounds.
In the United States, Reginald is a regular guest of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Early Music Vancouver, Bach Collegium San Diego, Agave, Seraphic Fire, Washington Bach Consort, to name but a few. Highlights of the 24/25 season include a month-tour of Australia with Bach Akademie, and in Europe, concerts with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris as part of the St Denis festival, with Dunedin Consort at the Edinburgh festival and Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra in Aldeburgh, an appearance at the BBC PROMS and a tour of Netherlands with Nederlandse Bachvereniging.
Reginald has been invited to sing with the US main orchestras including Pittsburgh Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Washington National Symphony, Philadelphia (both chamber and symphony), Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota, Montreal Symphony, Houston Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony and Orchestra of St Luke’s (at Carnegie Hall) for a repertoire including Messiah, Carmina Burana and the Mozart Requiem.
In Europe, he has appeared with Orchester Wiener Akademie, Balthasar Neumann Chor & Ensemble, Freiburger Barockorchester, I Barocchisti, Bach Society in Stuttgart, Holland Baroque Orchestra, Dutch Bach Society, Monteverdi Choir and English baroque soloists, as well as the City of Birmingham Orchestra and the Budapest Festival Orchestra for a series of performances as Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea. He has also engaged in projects together with the Academy of Ancient Music in Cambridge, singing the role of Disinganno in Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and devising a new programme, Sons of England, supported by UKAHRC, which reflects his research under their umbrella.
His first solo CD with ALPHA Classics was released in June 2023 to coincide with a major series of concerts at the Aix-en-Provence and BBC Proms festivals. The CD was since awarded the Opus Klassik Awards in the ‘Classics without limits’ category and the Edison Klassiek (Remarkable Classical category). His second recording, Solitude, a tribute to English baroque music and American melodies with theorb/guitar and violone/doublebass, will come out in the autumn 2025. In addition, Reginald features on several albums with the Monteverdi Choir, Agave Baroque and Stuttgart Bach Society.