Matthew recently graduated from Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor’s of Music in Contemporary Writing and Production. Matthew was interested in composing music for piano from an early age, and started taking lessons when he was 7. His passion for music continued to bloom throughout middle school and high school, where he played trumpet for the award-winning Allentown Redbird Marching Band in Allentown, New Jersey. Matthew also began taking voice lessons, which led him to participate in the 2016 New Jersey All-State Mixed Chorus as well as chamber choir and several winter musicals. Matthew attended Marist University before pursuing a career in the music industry. There, he was a member of the university’s all-low voice a cappella group, Time Check, in addition to Marist Singers and Marist Chamber Singers. At Berklee, Matthew gained hands-on experience in commercial scoring, jingle writing, orchestration, and professional mixing, and found joy in helping fellow students troubleshoot issues in the college’s production suites.

Matthew is deeply passionate about supporting musicians with an understanding of musical theory and techniques, yet what’s most important to him is that his students are having fun and developing their musical abilities and confidence. He strongly believes that music and the arts are a vessel for inspiring change and progress, and strives to establish a creative safe space within each lesson where students can feel acknowledged, supported, and accepted as they learn the fundamentals of piano playing and singing. Matthew has taught students of all ages in private instruction, band rehearsals, and summer camps, and looks forward to inspiring musicianship within each student he works with.