Matthew Kowalczyk is Second Bassoon and Orchestra Librarian of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra (QCSO), positions held since 2016 and 2018, respectively. Marc Zyla is Principal Horn of QCSO, a position held since 2011. Additionally, Marc is Director of Community Engagement and program host at WVIK, Quad Cities NPR.
In the orchestra, Marc and Matt’s proximity to one another on stage led to a number of collaborative efforts outside the music hall. Most notably, they use their previous skills as chamber musicians to present educational programming experiences to school children throughout their community. This performance is the culmination of years of using selections of Wilder’s Duets to teach students a number of musical concepts, but never in its totality.
