Courses TaughtApplied Trumpet
About
Matthew Comerford is the founder and Artistic Director of Tower Brass
of Chicago. He is also a member of the Orchestra of the Lyric Opera of
Chicago, holding the position of Co-Assistant Principal Trumpet. He
auditioned for and was appointed to the Lyric trumpet section in
February 1998. Previous to Lyric, Matt performed for four and a half
years as a temporary member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's trumpet
section.
Matt has been the principal trumpet of the Ravinia Festival Orchestra
and has performed with such noted groups as the Grant Park Symphony,
Israel Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta, Symphony II, Concertante di
Chicago, American Ballet Theater, and is a past member of the Elgin
Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with various theater
orchestras, most notably in national tours of Titanic-the Musical,
"Les Miserables," "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber" and "Phantom of the
Opera." Listeners can also hear Matt in a variety of radio and
television commercials and more than forty CDs with the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra.