Matthew Guilford
Matthew Guilford has served as bass trombonist with the National Symphony Orchestra since his appointment by Mstislav Rostropovich in 1991. Previously he was a member of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and has performed with several of America's leading orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony. He has also performed with Music of the Baroque in Chicago, The Chicago Chamber Musicians, and the Grand Teton Music Festival.
Mr. Guilford has studied with Jerry Shaw, Norman Bolter, Douglas Yeo and John Swallow, and is a graduate of the New England Conservatory.
Matthew Guilford has served as bass trombonist with the National Symphony Orchestra since his appointment by Mstislav Rostropovich in 1991. Previously he was a member of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and has performed with several of America's leading orchestras, including the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony. He has also performed with Music of the Baroque in Chicago, The Chicago Chamber Musicians, and the Grand Teton Music Festival.
Mr. Guilford has studied with Jerry Shaw, Norman Bolter, Douglas Yeo and John Swallow, and is a graduate of the New England Conservatory. His career has included a national tour of the Broadway musical Les Miserables, the Boston Symphony recording of the Richard Strauss opera Elektra, the motion picture soundtrack for the film Predator II, and fellowships to Tanglewood and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. He has been a featured soloist with the National Symphony, the U.S. Army Band & Orchestra and the Harvard University Band.
Mr. Guilford is a faculty member at the University of Maryland in College Park and Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Many of his students now enjoy successful careers in U.S. orchestras. An active educator and clinician, he has given master classes at most of the top conservatories and universities in the United States. He also serves on the Board of Advisors to the International Trombone Association and is director of his own music contracting business, National Music Management Agency.
Visit his website and blog at www.matthewguilford.com for additional information.
Video and Audio
IT'S NSO INSPIRING! Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 (4_25-27)
NSO Prelude Concert on the Millennium Stage, November 20, 2004
