Dr. Matthew Visconti is the first Director of Bands at Bryant University and received his Doctorate from the University of Memphis, his Master’s degree from Boston University and his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Hartford all in Applied Performance and Pedagogy and a cognate in Music History
He is an active freelance musician in the greater Boston area and has had the privilege to perform in venues such as Boston’s Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall, Worcester’s Mechanics Hall and New York’s Carnegie Hall, as well as venues in Spain and Portugal including a performance in the prestigious Granada Festival in Spain. Matthew has been asked to perform with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, the Memphis Jazz Orchestra, the Louisville Orchestra, the Kentucky Opera Orchestra, the Louisville Ballet Orchestra and the Jackson Symphony Orchestras in Mississippi and in Tennessee. He has also been selected as a participant for the Cleveland Trombone Seminar, the Pokorny Seminar, and the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute. He has also given numerous master classes at many high schools and colleges as well as various instrumental workshops.
His history of teachers includes Gabriel Rice, bass trombonist of the Vermont Symphony and Rhode Island Philharmonic, Don Lucas, an internationally renowned trombone soloist, Toby Oft, Principal Trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ron Borror, retired trombonist of the New York City Ballet Orchestra, and Dr. John Mueller of the University of Memphis. Dr. Visconti has received additional instruction during seminars and clinics from members of organizations including the Detroit Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony, the Croatian National Opera Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York City Ballet, and the New York Philharmonic, the Dallas Symphony, the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
Dr. Visconti is currently the Bass Trombonist of the Andromeda Quintet and The Mercury Orchestra. He has also served on faculty at Stonehill College, Bunker Hill Community College, Jackson State University, Dyersburg State Community College and Arkansas State University-Mid South where he taught Applied Trombone, Music Theory, Music History, Music Appreciation, Marching Band, Chamber Music, and Orchestral Techniques. Dr. Visconti also writes reviews for the International Trombone Journal.
