Matt Monroe

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.

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