Harry Gonzalez is a trombonist and educator currently based in Phoenix AZ. Professional appearances include the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Utah Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, Ft. Worth Symphony, Austin Symphony, and Austin Opera, among others. Gonzalez has spent summers as a fellow with The Orchestra of The Americas, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Classical Tahoe Festival. He was named 2nd prize winner in the 2022 Sphinx Orchestral Partners Audition (SOPA) excerpt competition, and winner of the Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize at the 2018 International Trombone Festival. Gonzalez earned a Master of Music from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, and a Bachelor of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His principal teachers have been Dr. Nathaniel Brickens, Allen Barnhill, Mark Lawrence, Amy Bowers, and Michael Hoffman.