Known for his lyric expression and powerful sound, Venezuelan flutist Ysmael Reyes enjoys a varied career as a soloist, orchestral player, and teacher.  Mr. Reyes has performed as a concerto soloist, recitalist and orchestral and chamber musician in United States, Russia, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago.Engagements for 2011 include concerto appearances in the US as well as recitals and masterclasses in Brazil. As a winner of the 2011 National Flute Association Convention Performers Competition Mr. Reyes performed in the NFA Convention in Charlotte, NC in August.

An avid performer of new music Mr. Reyes has premiered flute and chamber music compositions by renowned composers in the U.S and Venezuela. As a member of the Center for New Music in Iowa, he participated in chamber music recitals in United States and Russia and had a solo appearance in the Society of Electro-Acoustic Music (SEAMUS) National Conference. In 2009 he was invited as a performer for the festival CRUMB at 80, an event with George Crumb at the University of Colorado.

Mr. Reyes has been a prize winner in the First Latin American Flute Competition in Venezuela, the Music Award by the Dante Alighieri Society of Denver and the Bruce Ekstrand Competition at the University of Colorado. Mr. Reyes has also been a semifinalist in the Frank Bowen and the Myrna Brown flute competitions and from 2008 to 2010 he was chosen by Verne Q. Powell Flues of Boston as a scholar for the Powell Academy.

Mr. Reyes joined the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra as Principal Flute in 2006, and is currently on the faculty at Regis University and the Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts. Ysmael has performed in the U.S. with the Boulder Philharmonic, Fort Collins Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, the Boulder Bach Festival, Colorado Music Festival and Music at Saddle Rock Performance Series and in Venezuela with the Simón Bolívar and Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Symphony Orchestras. He was guest principal flute with the Juventudes Andinas Symphony Orchestra in their South American Tour.

Mr. Reyes started his musical career in the internationally recognized System of Youth Orchestras of Venezuela. He received his BM from the University of the Arts in Caracas, Venezuela with Luis Julio Toro and Victor Rojas and his MM from the University of Iowa with Robert Dick and Tadeu Coelho. Recently he received a DMA from the University of Colorado studying with Christina Jennings and Alexa Still.