Rockbridge Symphony

Dr. Matthew Mainella is the Conductor and Artistic Director of the Rockbridge Symphony Orchestra. Throughout his varied career, Dr. Mainella has led professional, college, community, and youth orchestras, wind bands, choirs, and stage productions. He has enjoyed collaborations with many Salt Lake City-based ensembles and artists, including the Salt Lake Symphony, Westminster College Opera, Sinfonia Salt Lake, the University of Utah Lyric Opera Ensemble, and Utah Philharmonic. Most recently, Dr. Mainella served as the Music Director of the Utah Medical Orchestra, an ensemble comprised of students, professionals, faculty, and staff in the healthcare community in Salt Lake City. Dr. Mainella has conducted at Brigham Young University, led several world premieres at the University of Utah, and has been featured as guest conductor in the American Guild of Organists’ Western Region convention. Dr. Mainella served asPrincipal Conductor of the University of Utah Campus Symphony, Assistant Conductor of the Valdosta (GA) Symphony Orchestra, and Musical Director of the Peach State Summer Theatre, where he led performances of The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Les Misérables, and A Little Night Music, among others.

Mainella earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Utah, the Master of Music Performance degree from Valdosta State University, and the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Connecticut.