Clark Matthews, horn

Clark Matthews is principal horn with the Indian Hill Symphony Orchestra, Discovery Ensemble, and Symphony Nova, and is a member of the Atlantic and New Bedford Symphony Orchestras. Mr. Matthews has also appeared with the Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, and Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, and is a member of the critically-acclaimed Walden Chamber Players. Before arriving in Boston, he was a member of the Colorado Symphony and appeared at the Opera Festival of Manaus at the Teatro Amazonas in Brazil.

Mr. Matthews enjoys a diverse career, playing contemporary music with the Callithumpian Consort, as well as the music of J.S. Bach with the Marsh Chapel Choir and Collegium and the Bach Cantata series at the Emmanuel Church. An enthusiastic advocate for music in education, he participates regularly with the Discovery Ensemble and the Walden Chamber Players in presenting musical outreach to schools in the Boston area and across the country.

Clark Matthews began his musical studies at the age of eight, starting on piano. At 12 he found his calling in the sound of the French horn. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the New England Conservatory, where he earned his bachelor’s degree. His teachers have included Jason Snider and Richard Sebring of the Boston Symphony, Jerome Ashby of the New York Philharmonic, David Jolley, and Karen Robertson.