Matthew Allison
Trombone
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Associate Principal
Matthew Allison is the Associate Principal Trombone of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
Before joining the NZSO, Matthew was second trombone in La Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana in Spain. He has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and Melbourne Ring Orchestra, amongst others.
Matthew earned a Bachelor's Degree and a Professional Studies Diploma from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Mark Lawrence and Paul Welcomer. In 2004, he won the Robert Marstellar Competition at the International Trombone Festival in Ithaca, New York.
In addition to his orchestral career, Matthew serves as an Artist Teacher at the New Zealand School of Music. He is also a dedicated member of the award-winning jazz octet, The Jac, The Richter City Rebels, and BonaNZa – New Zealand's premier trombone quartet.
What is something most people don't know about the Trombone? We clean it in the bath!
What's On
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Troy Kingi Presents: 10|10|10 - The Final Chapter with the NZSO
Online Classroom Sessions: Introduction to the Orchestra (Years 3-8)
Online Classroom Session: Soundscapes - How Music Can Tell a Story (Years 3-4)
Online Classroom Session: Musical Emotions (Years 0-2)
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (1 & 5)
One Thousand and One Nights
NZSO Chamber Strings
Mozart's Gran Partita
Javier Perianes with NZSO Chamber Strings
ENZSO Celebrates
Elouan String Quartet
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Beethoven Piano Concertos (2, 3 & 4)
Madeleine Pierard Masterclass
Pre-concert Dinner - Beethoven 9
Isata Kanneh-Mason in Recital
Emerging Artists '27
Emerging Artists '26
Dvořák and Sibelius
Beethoven and Mozart
Summer Tour
Serenade
Messiah
Four Last Songs
Enigma
Elegance
Beethoven 9
Verdi Requiem
Todd Young Composer Awards
Tchaikovsky 5
Reverberate
Resurrection
Peter and the Wolf
Organ Recital with James McVinnie
Moonlit Brahms
Matariki Concert with Louis Baker
London Portraits
Kia Kotahi Beethoven
From the Canyon to the Stars
Fantastique
Electrify
Christmas Concert
Celtic Connections
Art of the Score: The Music of Joe Hisaishi
Anna Lapwood: Cosmology
Anna Lapwood Organ Recital
A Space Odyssey
