Composer
As a composer, Matthew has received commissions from the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, The Combined Choirs and Philharmonic Orchestra at Brigham Young University, Cantorum Chamber Choir, and St. Andrew United Methodist Church in Plano, Texas. Matthew’s music is published with Peters Edition, Walton Music, Santa Barbara Music Press, and has been featured internationally on BYU Radio and American Public Media’s Performance Today with Fred Child.
Sheet music available for purchase via links below
Sacred Accessible
I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go - for TTBB, cello, and piano
Press Forward, Saints - for TTBB, brass quintet, and organ
Missa Gemma - SATB, organ
Sacred Advanced
In Paradisum - for SSAATTBB
Wayfarin’ Stranger - for SSATB divisi
Musica Dei donum optimi - SATB divisi
Secular Accessible
Pure Imagination - for SATB divisi and piano
Silent Noon - for TTBB and piano
Secular Advanced
Beneath these Alien Stars - for SATB divisi
Everyone Sang - for SATB divisi
Stars Over Snow - for SSAATTBB
Christmas
Dormi Jesu - for SATB divisi and soprano solo
I Wonder as I Wander - for SATB divisi and orchestra
Midnight Clear - for SATB divisi
Conductor
As a conductor, Matthew has conducted performances in notable venues such as Norwich Cathedral, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and St. John’s, Smith Square, the Cheongju Arts Center in South Korea, and is the founder and artistic director of Utah-based professional choir, Brevitas. Matthew receives numerous requests to appear as a guest conductor, and was recently welcomed as interim professor at Brigham Young University, San Diego State University, and as a visiting artist at Utah Valley University. During his studies, he has conducted the BYU Singers, BYU Men's Chorus, BYU Women's Chorus, BYU Chorale, the USC Chamber Singers, USC Men's Chorus, and USC Recital Choir.
BARITONE
Matthew has sung with many esteemed ensembles such as Seraphic Fire, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Bach Collegium San Diego, and Kinnara Ensemble. During his studies, he has also sung multiple seasons with the Brigham Young University Singers, and the USC Thornton Chamber Singers. As a soloist, he has studied with Karen Anderson & Jennifer Welch-Babidge and performed in Ireland, England, Germany, Ukraine & the United States.
Producer
Celebrating Wendell Berry in Music, Volume 2: All the Earth Shall Sing
Co-produce with Andrew Maxfield which combined repurposed material previously recorded along with newly recorded material.
Sound Engineer
Matthew earned a Bachelor of Music with an emphasis in Sound Recording Technology from Brigham Young University in 2010. He has edited and mastered several commercial recordings and currently offers post-production services including editing, noise removal, spectral repair, and mastering.
Credits
Brevitas - The West Wind (2018).
The Lux Singers - Pray, He Is Listening (2016)
The Lux Singers - Risen! (2017)
USC Thornton Apollo Men's Chorus - Self-titled (2015).
Brevitas - Voices of Earth (2017).
Brevitas - Silence and Music (2015)
Brevitas - Nowell Sing We (2016)
Schedule
Sept 16-19
2022
Kinnara Ensemble
Path of Miracles
Friday, Sept 16, 7PM - St Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chattanooga, TN
Saturday, March 4 - Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Taylors, SC
Sunday, March 5 - Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA
Seraphic Fire
Education Outreach Programs
Oct 20-28
2022
Bach Collegium San Diego
De Profundis: From the Depths
Wednesday - All Souls Episcopal Church, Point Loma, CA
Nov 9
2022
Kinnara Ensemble
Kinnara and Atlanta Baroque Orchestra
Friday, March 3 - Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA
Saturday, March 4 - Roswell Presbyterian Church, Roswell, GA
Sunday, March 5 - Lassiter Concert Hall, Marietta, GA
March 3-5
2023
Bach Collegium San Diego
Scortchers: Favorites from the Last 20 Years
Friday, May 5 - All Souls Episcopal Church, Point Loma, CA
Saturday, May 6 - Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Encinitas, CA
May 5-6
2023