Dr. David Mathie
Trombonist, Professor, Arranger
Dr. Mathie is a Professor Emeritus at Boise State University, where he taught trombone, euphonium and music education from 1992 to 2014 and was also the Department's Associate Chair. In the year 2000 he was the finalist for the Outstanding Teacher Award for the entire University. Before joining the faculty at Boise State he was an Assistant Professor of Music at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, where he taught classes in music education, band, and trombone for four years. In addition to his university experience, Dr. Mathie taught in the public schools of Connecticut and New York, and was a member of the trombone faculty at the National Music Camp, Interlochen, for eight summers. Dr. Mathie holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Ithaca College, a Master of Music degree in Trombone Performance from the Juilliard School of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Trombone Performance and Music Education from the University of Georgia. His doctoral dissertation was on the twentieth-century use of the alto trombone.
As a performer, Dr. Mathie was the principal trombonist in the Juilliard Symphony and played with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra for three years as an extra on trombone and euphonium. He was also the principal trombonist in the Stamford Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and Connecticut Symphony, and assistant principal trombonist with the Hartford Symphony, and for twenty-one years he was the second trombonist in the Boise Philharmonic and trombonist with the Boise State University Faculty Brass Quintet. As a free-lance player in New York City and other areas, he worked with such performers as Tony Bennett, Rich Little, Beverly Sills, Luciano Pavarotti, Red Skelton, Frankie Valle, Carol Channing, the New York Voices, Mannheim Steamroller, and the Temptations. His trombone studies have been with Per Brevig (Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School), Glenn Dodson (Philadelphia Orchestra), and Philip Jameson (the University of Georgia).
Former students of Dr. Mathie have held first chair positions in both the Connecticut and Idaho All-State organizations, and have majored in music at the Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, the University of Illinois, Rutgers University, Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, Northwestern University, New England Conservatory of Music, the University of North Texas, the University of Dayton, the University of Kansas, the State Universities of New York at Potsdam (Crane School of Music) and Fredonia, the University of Oregon, the University of Washington and Boise State University. At Boise State University, he had a total of seven of his low brass students win the prestigious Concerto/Aria competition and perform with the BSU Symphony Orchestra. The BSU Trombone Choir is one of the most active performing groups on campus, and was chosen to perform at the MENC All-Northwest conference in 2003 and 2011.
Dr. Mathie has published numerous articles in the International Trombone Association Journal, the International Horn Society Journal, the Kansas Music Review, the Idaho Music Notes, the Online Trombone Journal, and the Instrumentalist, has presented research papers and performed at many International Trombone Association conferences, and served on the Research Committee of the International Trombone Association and review board for the Online Trombone Journal. In addition to his regular cd and literature reviews in the International Trombone Association Journal, his transcriptions for brass are published by Alessi Publications, Carl Fischer, Cherry Classics, Kagarice Brass Editions, Waterton Brass Publications, and Tuba-Euphonium Press. The large brass ensemble transcriptions have been played world-wide by brass players from the Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin, Israel and Vienna symphonies, while his works for trombone choir have been performed by throughout the United States and Canada. He is a member of ASCAP as a brass arranger. Since retiring to northern New York, he has taught trombone methods classes at the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam.
Dr. Mathie plays Bach tenor trombones, a Conn alto trombone, and a Willson euphonium.
As a performer, Dr. Mathie was the principal trombonist in the Juilliard Symphony and played with the Metropolitan Opera orchestra for three years as an extra on trombone and euphonium. He was also the principal trombonist in the Stamford Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and Connecticut Symphony, and assistant principal trombonist with the Hartford Symphony, and for twenty-one years he was the second trombonist in the Boise Philharmonic and trombonist with the Boise State University Faculty Brass Quintet. As a free-lance player in New York City and other areas, he worked with such performers as Tony Bennett, Rich Little, Beverly Sills, Luciano Pavarotti, Red Skelton, Frankie Valle, Carol Channing, the New York Voices, Mannheim Steamroller, and the Temptations. His trombone studies have been with Per Brevig (Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School), Glenn Dodson (Philadelphia Orchestra), and Philip Jameson (the University of Georgia).
Former students of Dr. Mathie have held first chair positions in both the Connecticut and Idaho All-State organizations, and have majored in music at the Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, the University of Illinois, Rutgers University, Arizona State University, the University of Arizona, Northwestern University, New England Conservatory of Music, the University of North Texas, the University of Dayton, the University of Kansas, the State Universities of New York at Potsdam (Crane School of Music) and Fredonia, the University of Oregon, the University of Washington and Boise State University. At Boise State University, he had a total of seven of his low brass students win the prestigious Concerto/Aria competition and perform with the BSU Symphony Orchestra. The BSU Trombone Choir is one of the most active performing groups on campus, and was chosen to perform at the MENC All-Northwest conference in 2003 and 2011.
Dr. Mathie has published numerous articles in the International Trombone Association Journal, the International Horn Society Journal, the Kansas Music Review, the Idaho Music Notes, the Online Trombone Journal, and the Instrumentalist, has presented research papers and performed at many International Trombone Association conferences, and served on the Research Committee of the International Trombone Association and review board for the Online Trombone Journal. In addition to his regular cd and literature reviews in the International Trombone Association Journal, his transcriptions for brass are published by Alessi Publications, Carl Fischer, Cherry Classics, Kagarice Brass Editions, Waterton Brass Publications, and Tuba-Euphonium Press. The large brass ensemble transcriptions have been played world-wide by brass players from the Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin, Israel and Vienna symphonies, while his works for trombone choir have been performed by throughout the United States and Canada. He is a member of ASCAP as a brass arranger. Since retiring to northern New York, he has taught trombone methods classes at the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam.
Dr. Mathie plays Bach tenor trombones, a Conn alto trombone, and a Willson euphonium.