Matthew has built a local and international career as a classical and jazz saxophonist studying at the Royal College of Music, Indiana University Bloomington and the University of Minnesota, and teaching and performing in the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia.
He was the recipient of a coveted Churchill Fellowship in 2004, is a Yamaha Artist, is sponsored by Ligaphone (Paris) and was a featured artist at the 2002 Australasian Clarinet and Saxophone Conference in Sydney and at the 2005 Melbourne International Festival of Single Reeds. Matthew continues to build his local and international classical profile with ongoing performances and master classes in Singapore and Malaysia and toured and performed with French master saxophonist Jean-Pierre Baraglioli in Perth in September 2006.
Further, he has appeared with such jazz and popular artists as Ben Folds, Diana Ross, Dave Weckl, Rhonda Burchmore, Marina Pryor, Kate Cebrano, Wayne Newton, Olivia Newton-John and The Manhattan Transfer and performed in the 2006 Villa Cellimontana International Jazz Festival in Rome and recently in Singapore with the multi-WAMI Award winning Hip Mo’ Toast.
Matthew is currently the saxophone lecturer at WAAPA and specializes in the interpretation, pedagogy and performance of classical, jazz and multi-genre or ‘cross-over’ works. The Western Australian Symphony, Singapore Symphony and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestras also utilise Matthew as their principal saxophonist.
Every year since 1997, Matthew has given world or Australian premiere performances of classical and ‘cross-over’ works arranged or specifically composed for him in his capacity as a soloist. Since 2004, Matthew has been working with organist Dominic to build a rare and much needed collection of works for saxophone and organ.