Utilizing
an eclectic musical approach, Dr. Matthew Geiger continues to champion both new
and canonic works through performance, teaching, and research. Matthew is
currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Jazz and Percussion at Morehead
State University where he coordinates the jazz and commercial music percussion
programs, directs the marching percussion section, and works individually with
all percussion and drum set majors. His recent performances have focused on
solo vibraphone, both in the jazz idiom as well as contemporary
twentieth-century repertoire. He was named the winner of the 2013
International Solo Vibraphone Competition by the Percussive Arts Society.
Matthew embraces a
comprehensive approach to percussion through collaborations, including
performance tours with the BlueSHIFT Percussion Quartet and regular
performances with the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra and Cave Run Symphony
Orchestra. A former performing member of the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum
and Bugle Corps, he also served as an instructor for the DCI World Class
Finalist corps, The Academy. Along with a recent performance of solo
works he commissioned for vibraphone, Matthew has premiered pieces by noted
composers: Christopher Adler, Juri Seo, Glenn Kotche, Brian Nozny, Roger Zare
and Ben Wahlund. He has recorded for the Naxos and Mark Records
label. In 2017, Matthew completed his Doctorate in Musical Arts at the
University of Kentucky. Matthew Geiger is a Yamaha Performing Artist and
educational artist for Innovative Percussion, Inc.