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Matt is a Honolulu-based musician and educator.
He graduated Northern Illinois University with a degree in music and dance performance then spent the next decade and a half soaking in the music and culture of Chicago.
Matt found his home in the Chicago dance scene, accompanying classes for The Dance Center at Columbia College, The Chicago Academy for the Arts, The Academy of Movement and Music, The Seldoms, The Dance COLEective, and Thodos Dance Chicago.
Matt has over a decade of teaching experience in private and group settings. While in Chicago, he was a staff teacher at Vic's Drum Shop. He served four years as a staff member of Yamaha’s Sounds of Summer program and has coached several elementary and high school percussion sections.
As a player, Matt is a founding member of the Hot & Dirty Brass Band. Past musical highlights include playing for the award winning reggae band Roots Rock Society, cabaret act The Kit Kat Honeys, industrial rock legends Christ Analogue, downtempo group The Atomica Project, and an electro-house drumming residency with DJ D-Rex at the Original Mothers.
