VOCES8 Foundation Advisory Board
Anthony Mazzocchi
A GRAMMY® nominated music educator, Anthony Mazzocchi has performed as a trombonist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, San Diego Symphony, San Diego Opera, Riverside Symphony, in various Broadway shows, and in numerous recordings and movie soundtracks. His TEDx talk — “What Can a Trombone Choir Teach the World About Collaboration and Leadership?” — can be seen here.
Tony has served as faculty or as a frequent guest lecturer at The Juilliard School, Carnegie Hall, Manhattan School of Music, New York University, and Mannes College of Music. He has taught students from K-college, and has served as an educational consultant for arts organizations and universities across the US, Canada, and Australia. His books have been adopted by the NYC Department of Education and utilized as educational resources at Carnegie Hall, Orchestra of St. Lukes, The Colburn School, and several university schools of music around the world.
Tony is currently Director of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University in New Jersey, and Executive Director of the Kinhaven Summer Music School in Weston, Vermont. He is a sponsored clinician for the Courtois – Paris instrument company.
Other recent projects include Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order, which received the Society of Composers and Lyricists inaugural award in 2020, as well as the "Music of the Year" award at the GANG Awards. Other major recent projects include Watch Dogs: Legion, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Battle Bound and a presently untitled Star Wars project.
He has contributed music to over four dozen major feature film and television projects, collaborating closely with Michael Apted, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Dan Ireland, Tom Dolby and others. He is recognized as an expert in the emerging field of spatial and immersive audio (including 3D Audio, Ambisonics and Dolby Atmos), consulting to BBC Worldwide, Qualcomm, Dolby, and Syng. He is a member of the Abbey Road Spatial Audio forum, and on the immersive audio judging panel for the Grammy awards.