TIM MATTESON – Sax, Flute, everything horn

Tim Matteson received his Bachelor of Music (Saxophone Performance) and Bachelor of Music Education from Northern Arizona University in 1992 and received his Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Grand Canyon University in May of 2003.

Tim is currently the Director of Bands at Thunderbird High School in Phoenix, Arizona and has been on the faculty as an instructor at the NAU Summer Music Camps in Flagstaff and at the Music in the Bradshaws music camps in Prescott. He was the Sedona Jazz on the Rocks Youth Band Director from 1997 to 2001, and has appeared as a clinician and adjudicator for numerous jazz festivals throughout the state of Arizona.

In addition to his educational pursuits, Tim is also an active performer and composer. His original piece entitled “Royal Suite for Alto Saxophone and Piano” was recently published and is now available for purchase through Smooth Stone Publications (Tucson). He has been a regular member of the Phoenix-based band Cold Shott and the Hurricane Horns since 2004 and has performed with many outstanding groups including Limbs Akimbo, Warsaw, Tommy Dukes, Danny Rhoades & the Messengers, the Mike Vax Big Band, the MCC Monday Night Big Band, and the Temptations.

Tim has remained active in Arizona music and professional associations including the International Association for Jazz Education, the Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association, and the National Education Association. He has held several leadership positions in the Arizona Band & Orchestra Directors Association and is currently the residing President for the Arizona Association for Jazz Education.

Tim’s addition to the band helps strengthen a focus on a big band sound when we added The Hurricane Horns back in 1992!!

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