Saxophonist Dr. Matthew Castner enjoys a varied career as a performer and educator based in Boise, Idaho. Currently Dr. Castner serves as Assistant Professor of Saxophone/Music Industry at Boise State University where he leads the certificate program in Music Production. Previous faculty appointments include Winthrop University, University of South Carolina Aiken, Presbyterian College, South Carolina State University, and the University of South Carolina.

Recent performance highlights include a trip to Moscow, Russia to perform James Whitbourn’s Son of God Mass with the Ex Oriente Lux Chamber Choir, a collaborative performance with inmates at the Lee Correctional Institute and a saxophone quartet tour of Helsinki, Finland. He is also a regular performer at North American Saxophone Alliance conferences, as well as the International Saxophone Symposium. As an orchestral performer he has appeared with the Augusta Symphony, South Carolina Philharmonic, Aiken Symphony, Hendersonville Symphony, Florence Symphony, and Longview (TX) Symphony.

As a chamber musician, Matthew is a founding member of the Horn/Saxophone duo PIVOT, a group dedicated to promoting perspective shifts in their audiences through exposure to newly commissioned works. Their debut album “terraform” is now streaming on all major platforms. He is also the baritone chair of the Palmetto Saxophone Quartet.

Dr. Castner holds graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina (DMA) and Stephen F. Austin State University (MM). He earned dual undergraduate degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Music at Case Western Reserve University, utilizing the joint program with the Cleveland Institute of Music. His primary instructors include Dr. Clifford Leaman, Dr. Nathan Nabb, Greg Banaszak and Jeremy Williamson.