Eldon Matlick is Professor of Horn at the University of Oklahoma School of Music where his duties also include brass pedagogy class, coordinating brass chamber music and performing in the Oklahoma Brass and Woodwind Quintets. In addition, he is the Principal Hornist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra.

He earned a BME from Eastern Kentucky University and holds an MM in Performance and a DM in Brass Pedagogy from Indiana University. At Indiana his primary teacher was Philip Farkas, the renown artist and pedagogue. He has also studied with Meir Rimon (Principal Hornist of the Israel Philharmonic) , Frank Brouke (Chicago Symphony), Nona Gainsforth (Boston Symphony), and Marvin C. Howe.

Dr. Matlick is a two time finalist in the Heldenleben International Horn Competition , one of the major world venues in solo horn competition. He is also an extensive recitalist, performing frequently not only at the University, but at other venues when his schedule permits. He has appeared in a soloist capacity at five International Horn Symposia and is a frequent guest artist at regional workshops sponsored by the International Horn Society. He has been a featured principal wind player in the Classical Music Seminar held at Eisenstadt, Austria. He has enjoyed solo appearances with various orchestras. Most recently he was a featured soloist during the 1988 spring season with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra performing Robert Schumann's Concertstuke for Four Horns.

As a member of the Oklahoma Woodwind Quintet, he has appeared at two MENC National Conventions as well as numerous venues in the Southwest. Their breakthrough recording, A Christmas Delight! is the first recording ever of seasonal music for this type of ensemble and has received favorable reviews. He can also be heard on the Oklahoma Philharmonic Orchestra's recording A Time of Healing issued on the Warner Bros. label.

He has held Principal or Associate Principal positions with the Lexington Philharmonic, Owensboro Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, Paducah Symphony Orchestras. Other orchestras with which he has been associated have been the Nashville Symphony, and Louisville Orchestra, and Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra. Matlick also participates in the active recording industry of Oklahoma City.

A respected pedagogue, Dr. Matlick has written a series of articles concerning horn pedagogy for the Instrumentalist magazine. In addition he is a frequent guest artist at regional workshops sponsored by the International Horn Society. Committed to public school education, he was on the summer faculty at the Indiana Summer Music Clinics, working with talented high school students from across the country. He also is in demand as a frequent clinician in the Oklahoma public schools and educator workshops.

Dr. Matlick's students have had success in the education and performance fields. The horn studio at OU has attracted talented of students from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Indiana, Maryland, Connecticut and California. These students have also been accepted into prestigious music festivals and graduate programs nationwide. In addition, many of his former students are successful teachers at the public school and collegiate levels.

The OU Hornsemble is a studio ensemble consisting of music majors and other interested individuals. This horn choir has had several invitations to perform at Oklahoma Music Educator conventions and International Horn Symposia. The ensemble has premiered several works by the composition faculty and continues to explore the most recent literature written for this medium.

-Dr. Eldon Matlick