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Matt Harloff (Avon, IN) has been a director at Avon High School since 1996, being appointed as head band director in 2023. The Avon High School Wind Symphony has had the privilege of performing at the Indiana State Concert Band Championships and has been awarded as ISSMA Concert Band State Champions three times. Matt led the Avon H.S. Brass Choir as a performing ensemble at the 2015 Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference. He is the director of Avon H.S. Indoor Winds, who have won eight IPA State Championships and six WGI Scholastic World Class Championships. The Avon Marching Black & Gold has won multiple state championships, has been a consistent Bands of America Grand National Finalist and finished in the top 3 for the last 16 consecutive years, and won the Bands of America Grand National Championship five times. The marching band also performed in the Tournament of Roses parade in 2012 as well as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2024.
In 2003, Matt joined the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps as the Brass Caption Head, where he has led the Carolina Crown Brass Section to winning the Jim Ott Memorial Award for Excellence in Brass eight times. Carolina Crown is a consistent Drum Corps International World Class Finalist and celebrated their first ever DCI World Class World Championship in the summer of 2013. Matt was a performing member of the DCI World Champion Star of Indiana Drum and Bugle Corps from 1989 to 1995. He served as the drum major in 1993. Matt will be inducted into the Drum Corps International Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2025.
Matt Harloff is proud to be a Yamaha Performing Artist.
Matt is a native of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and very proud of his musical family. His father, Bill, is a retired band director and his brother, Ben, is a band director in Minnesota. Matt is married to his wonderful wife Susie, with whom he shares enormous pride in their two children, Tyson and Shaelyn.