MUSIC DIRECTION
Matt is an Offie Nominated British/American Musician, Music Director, and highly regarded Orchestrator with a First-Class BA in Music from the University of Nottingham and an MA with Distinction in Musical Direction from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. He is a multi-instrumentalist, specialising in arranging/orchestration, piano accompaniment, and conducting. He is a regular coach and music director at various drama schools including ArtsEd, Mountview, Urdang, Trinity Laban, and Tiffany Theatre College.
He was a Senior Music Tutor at ArtsEd between Sep 2022 and Nov 2023.
Matt is a regular keyboard dep for West End and Touring productions including Sister Act, Dreamgirls, Greatest Days, and Mandela
To access and download my most recent CV in .pdf form click HERE
Full MUSIC DIRECTOR Credits:
As Music Director:
IN CLAY (Upstairs at the Gatehouse, NAMT, NYC (workshop showing), Signature Theatre (VA), City Theatre (PA))
Music Supervisor
Arrangements/Orchestrations
Additional Music
VAULT award and Offie Nominated Production (including Musical Direction)
EVERY DAY (NYMT)
DARK OF THE MOON (Charing Cross Theatre)
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Fit The Mould Productions)
PARADE (British Theatre Academy, Hampton Hill Theatre)
THE WEDDING SINGER (Trinity Laban Third Year Production)
SISTER ACT (ArtsEd Third Year Production)
VARIOUS MOUNTVIEW IN-HOUSE MUSICAL PROJECTS
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE (ArtsEd Third Year Production)
GUEST ENTS (P&O Britannia) - Joel Harper Jackson
NYMT IN CONCERT - WHEN I GROW UP (Kingston Rose Theatre & Southward Playhouse Elephant)
SWEENEY TODD (Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, RADA)
BARE: A POP OPERA (Alexandra Theatre, Chichester University MTP)
SONGS BY THE FIRE (Chiswick Playhouse)
SLEEPING BOOTY (Bridge House Theatre) Offie Nominated Production
DICK WHITTINGTON (Bridge House Theatre) Offie Nominated Production
CINDERELLA (Immersion Theatre)
SNOWFLAKE (The Lowry Rewrites Festival, Semi-Staged Concert)
PLATFORM - JACK MILES & FRIENDS (Actors Church, Iris Theatre)
SUNDAY SOUL - Nikki Bentley (Chiswick Playhouse)
ADELINE: A 21ST CENTURY MUSICAL (Workshop, Cockpit Theatre)
NOW. HERE. THIS. (Golden Goose Theatre, Chiswick Playhouse) UK Premier
TICK, TICK... BOOM! (Etcetera Theatre)
ORDINARY DAYS (Paradise in the Vault, Edinburgh Fringe)
SISTER ACT (Nottingham Arts Theatre)
As Associate Conductor:
THE LIGHTNING THIEF (The Other Palace)
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING (Southwark Playhouse Borough)
WE WILL ROCK YOU (20th Anniversary UK Tour)
ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES THE MUSICAL (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
As Assistant Music Director:
THE ARTIST (Theatre Royal Plymouth)
GUYS AND DOLLS (Mountview Theatre, Whilst Training)
MARY POPPINS (In-House, Whilst Training)
HEATHERS (In-House, Whilst Training)
NYMT's PARADE (The Other Palace) + Drum Kit
[title of show] (Paradise in the Vault Edinburgh Fringe) & "Larry"
As Associate Music Director:
STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW (Waterloo East Theatre)
As Composer:
AS LONG AS YOU KNEW by Ellie Cozens