The work B|O|R|D|E|R|S for guitars and electronics was selected for performance in the National Portrait Gallery as a response to photography finalists of the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize 2017. The following year, Drowning in the Din… for bass clarinet, bass guitar and electronics was performed on a number of occasions in response to the Royal Academy of Arts’ collection of John Constable sketches in their permanent exhibition space. In 2019, Matthew collaborated with dancers and choreographers from the Central School of Ballet to create Non-place Ballet for chamber ensemble and electronics as part of the RCM Great Exhibitionist Series, alongside co-composer Connor D’Netto and the Cats Cradle Collective. Matthew was honoured to be selected to compose How The Great News Was Received for string quartet and harp as part of the RCM’s World War I centenary concert.

 

Matthew is a recent alumnus of the Royal College of Music, having studied composition with Haris Kittos and electroacoustic composition with Michael Oliva as a Clifton Parker award holder and previously as an RCM award holder supported by a Douglas and Hilda Simmonds scholarship. During his initial studies in composition close to home at the Sage Gateshead’s Centre for Advanced Training, and through the exploration of computer-based composition at the University of Manchester, Matthew developed a musical language that incorporates the physicality and sonic qualities of natural phenomena, visual arts, and architecture to create a tactile musical experience. 

 

Later in the year, the audio-visual Through Fractured Mirrors will be premiered in the Royal College of Music’s newly-developed museum building.