Matt Temple

High School Honor Band Guest Conductor

Matt Temple is Director of Bands at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, where he teaches three wind ensembles and one jazz band. Under his direction, the New Trier Symphonic Wind Ensemble has performed at the Midwest Clinic, Music for All National Concert Band Festival, Illinois Music Education Conference, University of Illinois Superstate Festival, and Chicagoland Invitational Festival. They have also performed in the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Center, and throughout Italy. In 2014, the New Trier band program was recognized by the National Band Association as an inaugural national winner of the Blue Ribbon Award for “Programs of Excellence.”

Temple currently serves as the Second Vice-President for the National Band Association and is humbled to be a member of the IDEA committee (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Awareness). A strong advocate for student-centered instruction, he is Past President of the Illinois committee for Comprehensive Musicianship through Performance. As a contributing editor for The Instrumentalist magazine, Temple has authored many articles over the past decade for multiple publications. He has presented sessions on music selection, score analysis, student-centered instruction, and innovative band curriculum at multiple universities, state music conferences, and twice at the Midwest Clinic. Mr. Temple frequently serves as a clinician and guest conductor throughout the United States.