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Matthew Guilford has been a solo 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 he 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, Chicago Chamber Musicians, and the Grand Teton Music Festival.

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 motion picture soundtrack for the film Predator II, and fellowships with Tanglewood and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. He has been a featured soloist with the National Symphony, the U.S. Army Band, the U.S. Army Orchestra, and the Harvard University Band. His solo and chamber recordings, The Road Not Taken with The Washington Trombone Ensemble and Brass Trios with the University of Maryland Brass Trio, have been received to worldwide critical acclaim.

A faculty member at the University of Maryland in College Park since 1992, Guilford serves as trombone studio chair and Associate Artist in Residence. Many of his former students enjoy successful careers as performers and educators. An active educator and clinician, Guilford has given master classes at most of the top conservatories and universities in the United States and abroad.

Visit his website, www.matthewguilford.com, for additional information.