Matt Ward - Assistant Conductor of the Nashville Community Concert Band
Matt Ward is a native of Nashville but has lived in nearby Murfreesboro since 1974. He has a B.S. degree in instrumental music from Middle Tennessee State University and an M.A. in instrumental music pedagogy from Ohio State University. He has taught bands in Springfield, Tennessee and Lancaster, Ohio where he was also musical director of the National Champion Drum and Bugle Corps, The Mustangs. In 1974, he returned to M.T.S.U. as the percussion instructor where he taught until 1980. He also has played percussion in the Nashville Symphony and trumpet in the Louis Brown Orchestra. He has been in real estate as a broker, contractor and developer for the past 22 years, but has continued his love of music by playing trumpet in the Nashville Community Concert Band and Tennessee Valley Winds