Harry Gonzalez

Trombone

Principal

Associate Principal Trombone, The Phoenix Symphony

Harry Gonzalez is the Associate Principal/Second Trombone of The Phoenix Symphony, a position he has held since 2024. He has performed with  ensembles including the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Utah Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, Ft. Worth Symphony, and Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra. 

His accolades include second prize in the 2022 Sphinx Orchestral Partners Audition (SOPA) and winning the Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize at the 2018  International Trombone Festival.

Gonzalez earned a Master of Music degree from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and a Bachelor of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His principal teachers include Dr. Nathaniel Brickens, Allen Barnhill, Mark Lawrence, Amy Bowers, and Michael Hoffman.