Matthew

I am currently studying a PhD in music composition (supr. Dr. Simon Mawhinney, Belfast); my research title is "Counting over time: Approaching the enumeration of maximal combinatorial systems through the phenomenology of temporal consciousness." The research explores the temporal implications that system music presents for the listener, in relation to my own work and in the wider context of experimental and minimalist music.

Previously, I studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on a scholarship under Laurence Crane (previously Dr James Weeks). I was composer in association with the City Chamber Choir and have had my music performed and workshopped by the likes of the BBC singers, EXAUDI, Line Upon Line, Lakeside Brass, Harvard University, sections of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the clarinettist Heather Roche, the organist Carson Cooman and the contemporary pianist Satoko Inoue. I studied organ through the Royal College of Organists at the University of Sussex under James Lloyd Thomas and under Simon Williams at St George`s, Hanover Square. I am currently composer-in-residence with the London Baroque Orchestra and the South-East Symphony Orchestra.

As an organist and conductor, I`ve played and conducted at Cathedrals such as Westminster (Cathedral and Abbey), Southwark, St Pauls, Canterbury, Peterborough, Liverpool, St Albans, Rochester, Guildford, Winchester, Salisbury, Belfast, Oxford, Hereford and abroad in Paris and Belgium. In 2017, I founded the Guildhall Schola Cantorum, who regularly sing Evensong in Cathedrals when the Cathedral choirs are away. I am a Fellow of the Society of Crematorium Organists (FSCO), a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians and the Royal College of Organists. From 2015-2021, I held the position of director of music at St Agnes Church, Kennington Park.

I was recently fortunate enough to be chosen for BBC Radio 3 Next Generation Voices, searching for new presenters and speech contributors for broadcast, and currently volunteer on local radio in London. I also managed and hosted the Kennington Park Recital Series, based at St Agnes Church, Kennington. In early 2021, I was asked to give a prestigious TED talk on schizophrenia and music.

My past projects include writing an opera (funded through the Barbican and the coLABorate scheme), a monodrama on psychotic depression, an opera on suicide and substantial orchestral and chamber works. As well as music, I spend time cycling, visiting Churches and learning French. I live in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland and am currently in formation of becoming professed as a tertiary in the Third Order of the Society of St Francis.

Availability: I have flexible working hours and aim to fit around the pupils busy work or school schedules. I am also comfortable teaching weekends or unsocial hours; before work or after dinner.

Willing to travel: 20 miles

Experience: I am currently studying for a doctorate in music theory, composition and philosophy.

Previously, I studied on a scholarship at the Guildhall School under Laurence Crane (previously Dr James Weeks) and held the position of director of music at St Agnes Church, Kennington Park.
I was previously composer in association with the City Chamber Choir and have had my music performed by the likes of the BBC singers, musicians from the LPO and the contemporary pianist Satoko Inoue. I studied organ through the Royal College of Organists at the University of Sussex under James Lloyd Thomas and under Simon Williams at St George`s, Hanover Square.

As an organist and conductor, I`ve played and conducted at Cathedrals such as Westminster (Cathedral and Abbey), Southwark, St Pauls, Canterbury, Peterborough, Liverpool, St Albans, Rochester, Guildford, Winchester, Salisbury, Belfast, Oxford, Hereford and abroad in Paris and Belgium. In 2017, I founded the Guildhall Schola Cantorum, who regularly sing Evensong in Cathedrals when the Cathedral choirs are away. I am a Fellow of the Society of Crematorium Organists (FSCO) and a member of the Royal College of Organists.

In 2019, I was fortunate enough to be chosen for BBC Radio 3 Next Generation Voices, searching for new presenters and speech contributors for broadcast, and currently volunteer on local radio in London. I also manage and host the Kennington Park Recital Series, based at St Agnes Church, Kennington.

My recent projects include writing an opera (funded through the Barbican and the coLABorate scheme), a monodrama on depression, an opera on suicide and large orchestral work. As well as music, I spend time cycling, visiting Churches and learning French. I live in London and am currently in formation of becoming professed as a tertiary in the Third Order of the Society of St Francis.

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