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Clark Matthews, french horn, began his professional studies at the North Carolina School of the Arts under horn virtuoso David Jolley, continuing at the Curtis Institute of Music under Associate principal horn player of the New York Philharmonic, Jerome Ashby. Clark enjoys a varied career of performing chamber, orchestral, and solo horn music. He has performed in many of America’s renowned venues including, Carnegie Hall, Verizon Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Art Museum, Denver’s Boetcher Concert hall, and many others. A firm believer in music education, Clark performed with Colorado Symphony’s “Up Close and Musical” program for elementary schools in the Denver Metro area. Some of Clark’s most recent musical activities have included performing as principal horn of the XII Fesival Amazonas De Opera in Manaus, Brazil, performing in the 2008 Latin Grammy’s, participating as a chamber musician and soloist in the Bravo!Vail Valley music festival, and performing as a member of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

Many people are completely unaware of the fact that, in addition to being an accomplished actor, Dudley Moore was also an extremely talented jazz pianist and composer. ‘Today’ released in 1972 is the last studio album by The Dudley Moore Trio. It features both original compositions and cover versions, including a sublime version of ‘The Look of Love’.

The trombone is an instrument that seems to attract a certain type of practitioner. Musicians who choose this particular horn as their passion tend to be open-minded, playful and, more often than not, extroverted. It shouldn’t be a surprise that bass trombonist Jennifer Wharton fits this description to a tee. Naturally, she takes her enthusiasm for the horn seriously and hopes to spread her joy to the public with her infectiously fun recording, Bonegasm.