B.Mus (Humber College)
A recent graduate of Humber College, Matt has quickly established himself as a respected performer in the city’s music scene. While at Humber, Matt had the opportunity to study with some of Canada’s finest jazz and commercial musicians; Brian O’Kane, Alistar Kay, Shelly Berger and Andy Ballantyne, to name a few.
As an active member in the freelance community, Matt’s playing has taken him to such venues as Roy Thompson Hall, The Rex Hotel and the Jazz Bistro. You can find him leading his own trio in intimate venues around the city, or playing with many different jazz, funk or brass bands around the GTA and other Southern Ontario areas.
Get to know Matt…Beyond the Bio!
Hobbies: Cooking, golf, & coffee making
Musical influences: Clifford Brown, Leroy Jones, Clark Terry, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Chicago
Favourite food: Fish burrito
Least favourite food: My mom’s rice – although, everything else she makes is excellent.
Favourite music: Jazz
Favourite song: It’s Always You
Favourite movie: Spirited Away
Favourite movie music: Indiana Jones Theme
Favourite musical theatre/opera: West Side Story
Best quote from your teacher: “BLOW!” – Alistar Kay
Favourite quote: “They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.” – Charlie Parker
Favourite book: Last Wish – Andrzej Sapkowski
Best thing about teaching at ABC: Sharing my passion for music with youth
Latest Homework from Matt
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Homework for Jan 6th 2021!
Nice to see you both again! Glad you had a good break and time to relax.
Abi:
Continue to keep up your trumpet fundamentals. Try to do the 4 or 5 note lip slurs everyday as well as a couple different major scales tongued and slurred – this will keep the mind & body fresh.
Nice job sight reading those songs. I think those are the perfect level for you to improve your reading skills. For next week, try to have one of the songs we looked at today “performance” ready. If you can play it along with a metronome, without stopping, I’ll be happy. The more time you spend with treble clef the more it will come to you naturally. If you want, feel free to sight read some more of the music I sent – which I will also attach here.
Bonus: Write out a C major scale in quarter notes. Notate the name of each note and the fingering underneath it.
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Matt:
It was nice getting back to business, I’m looking forward to digging into the rest of the RCM requirements with you this year.
I hope you’ve been keeping up with your trumpet fundamentals over the break. Remember to do lip slurs and scales everyday – and practice with different articulation (tongued, slurred, & mix). These will help your breath support and sound. Take big breaths when you do these!
Nice job playing through Etude in G major. Take some time this week to listen to me play it. That will help get the rhythms & notes in your ear. Workshop the tricky parts we talked about so we can dig into the smaller details as soon as possible. Do the same with Etude in D minor! Both of those will help your playing quite a bit.
Do a quick review of All Through the Night and German Dance as I will want to hear them for next week.
Homework for Nov!!! 1st!!!
You’ve been making a lot of improvements on the horn recently and its showing! keep it up!
Lip Slurs: You’re so close to getting familiar with slurring to C. Try approaching it as many ways as you can. Two note slurs, three note, loud, soft, or starting on G/Ab-> C. Fill up with air and use it!!! As soon as you get this, I think a lot of the horn will open up.
Major Scales: Nice. Everything is pretty logical here. Go through the circle and continue to quiz your self on different key signatures. If the scale is out of your range just break it in half as we have been doing the past two weeks. Do just fingerings first then put the horn to your face so you’re confident about every fingering :) no guessing! also try to not test notes anymore.
Duets: I’ll get new music to work on for next week. I think although they’re not perfect, you’ve absorbed as much as you can about reading music, phrasing, tuning, etc from these duets. Onward and upward!
Preferred Books for Matt’s Students
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Technical Studies
This work has been especially written to enable the cornet student to conquer any technical difficulties he or she might encounter in the literature for the instrument. By carefully following the instructions in this book, the student will build up strength and endurance without strain or injury to his embouchure. If this lips remain flexible and the tone is not forced, it will be possible to play easily any note, regardless of the register.
Arban Complete Conservatory Method
The New Authentic Edition of Arban’s Complete Conservatory Method contains the same tried and true comprehensive system of study that Arban developed over a century ago, and this completely re-engraved edition has been painstakingly edited by prominent trumpet performers and teachers Thomas Hooten and Jennifer Marotta, adding some of their own insights with respect to how trumpet is taught today. The Arban Complete Conservatory Method is the definitive must-have for all trumpet players.
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