Matthew Dale Monroe

Horn | Faculty, The Global Conservatory

Matt Monroe is Principal Horn of the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra and Artist in Residence at Valdosta State University. He was previously Professor of Horn at Jacksonville University.

Matt grew up in Portland, Oregon and has held the position of Second Horn with the Oregon Ballet Theatre Orchestra since 1999. He recorded with the Oregon Bach Festival on their Grammy Award winning première of Krzysztof Penderecki's Credo and taught at Oregon State University. He was in residence there with the Arrieu Wind Quintet, performing around Oregon and touring throughout China.

He spent a decade in Chicago where he was a member of the Millar Brass Ensemble and performed with the Illinois Symphony, Madison Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Kalamazoo Symphony, Chicago Opera Theatre, Grant Park Orchestra, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago among others. He has also played with the Jacksonville Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Orlando Philharmonic, Charleston Symphony, Eugene Symphony, and the Oregon Symphony. Professor Monroe is a Denis Wick artist.

He attended Arizona State University, the University of Oregon, and Northwestern University, and traveled to festivals in Austria, France, and Canada. His primary teachers were William Barnewitz, Thomas Bacon, Ellen Campbell, William Stalnaker, and Gail Willilams.

Matt currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida where he maintains a private teaching studio and performs with the Jacksonville Brass Quintet.