In 1991 he was appointed professor of trombone at L’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy, where he taught for one school year before returning to New York to embark on what has become a very diverse free-lance, solo, chamber music, and orchestral career. Appointed Principal Trombone of the New York City Opera Orchestra in 2002, he continues to perform extensively with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York City Ballet Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and many other Lincoln Center- and New York-based ensembles. He is a former member of the Cardinal and Saturday Brass quintets, with whom he performed many world, American, and New York premieres, and as soloist has performed and recorded the world premiere of Wendy Chambers’s Mass for Mass Trombones, a piece for seventy-six trombones and soloist. In 2001 he performed the American premiere of Finnish composer Kalevi Aho’s Symphony No. 9 for trombone and orchestra with the Colorado Music Festival. Mr. Hutchinson has been a member of Ensemble Sospeso since 2000.