Biography

Matthew is a voice consultant working with both the singing and spoken voice. He has worked professionally as a musical director, arranger and composer. He read music as an undergraduate and postgraduate at King’s College London.

Matthew has taught extensively in the Further and Higher Education sector and in many professional drama training academies. He consults for various performing arts institutions and speech and language therapy groups across the United Kingdom. He is Senior Voice Tutor at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London. At Mountview he has developed a new singing curriculum for students on the acting programme within the context of an integrated voice department. During his time at Mountview he has provided vocal coaching for many public musical theatre performances.

Matthew is a Certified Course Instructor for Estill International and has taught courses and presented in the United Kingdom, Europe and America. He has a special interest in phonetics, vocal function and pedagogy, and maintains a successful private studio. His students work across the performing industry and have appeared as principals in West End shows including Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Starlight Express, Fame, Hairspray, Wicked and We Will Rock You.

Matthew is a Director of Voicesource Limited, a retail and publishing company that distributes vocal products and specialist voice texts. He is currently in the early stages of working on a PhD in phonetics in the English Language Department at Glasgow University.