I highly recommend Matt as a teacher. Although I have been playing since childhood, and my profession is teaching violin, in the past 8 months of study, Matt helped me discover and modify some aspects of my physical stance that have been sources of tension and pain for years. Matt’s kindness, calm demeanor, and sense of humor during lessons calms my anxiety of lesson performance. He has encouraged me to explore my own interpretations of repertoire, providing examples of different applications of the techniques that we have worked on and how they can change the character of the music. I have felt a new freedom and flexibility in my playing, and, without fail, I leave my lesson with a sense of empowerment and enthusiasm about my own progress and abilities. Matt provides an excellent value for his lesson prices. Outside of the regular lesson setting, he also organizes master classes and performance opportunities for his students on a regular basis. Matt exemplifies what it is to be an artist teacher.