Matthew Allison is Principal Trombone of the Vector Wellington Orchestra, and an Artist Teacher at the New Zealand School of Music. He also works frequently with all of New Zealand’s major orchestras.
In 2006 he was a founding member of La Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana (Spain), hand selected by Music Director Lorin Maazel, where he played for two seasons. He has also performed with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra among others.
Matthew holds a Bachelor’s Degree and a Professional Studies Diploma from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying with Mark Lawrence and Paul Welcomer.
In 2004, he was the winner of the Robert Marstellar Competition at the International Trombone Festival in Ithaca, New York.
Matthew joined BonaNZa in 2009.