Ear Training with Matthew C.

Matthew has been playing the upright bass for about 13 years, and although he has a strong classical foundation, he has been studying jazz for the past 6 years. Matt is currently in his last semester at Roosevelt University for Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance on the Upright Bass. At CCPA he has had the opportunity to travel to St Louis, and New Orleans with the CCPA Large and Latin ensembles. Most recently, he performed at the JEN conference in New Orleans, where he performed with Howard Levy, one of the worlds greatest Harmonic players. He has also performed many times at the Jazz Showcase and the world renowned Auditorium Theatre with many of the combos at CCPA. He has had the opportunity to study with some of Chicago's best musicians, such as Ruben Alvarez, Henry Johnson, Paul Wertico, Paulinho Garcia, Cheryl Wilson, and Tom Garling. He is currently taking private lessons with both Scott Mason and Marlene Rosenberg. Matt is also confident in teaching basic piano skills as well as jazz piano chord theory and improvisation. Besides jazz and classical, Matt plays a lot of blues, rock n roll and funk on the bass guitar with a band, where he has played shows at Chicago's House of Blues, Double Door, Metro and many more. Matt believes music should be a fun form of expression and communication, that improves the players life, as well as those around them.