Performance: Matthew Coley
| Date/Time: | Tuesday, 01 Dec 2009 from 7:30 pm to 9:15 pm |
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| Location: | Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, Music Building |
| Cost: | Free |
| Phone: | 515-294-3831 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Categories: | Arts, performances |
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Matthew Coley has degrees from Northwestern University and the University of North Texas. He performs regularly as a soloist throughout the US and Europe, most recently performing several concerts in the Chicago area in October. He travels annually to Chisinau, Moldova, to perform concerts, concerto premieres, and masterclasses.
This year, he was featured in Time Out Chicago Magazine in September, performed the US premiere of Marcin Blazewicz's Concerto Rustico for marimba and strings in August, and the World premiere of Ghenadie Ciobanu's Breeze of the South Latitudes Marimba Concerto with the Moldavian Philharmonic Orchestra in September.
In 2008, he placed third in the prestigious 5th World Marimba Competition Stuttgart, and is the first American to ever place in this competition. In 2005, he placed third in the Minnesota Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and in 2000 won first in the Music Teachers National Association Solo Percussion Competition and the 2000 Percussive Arts Society Marimba Concerto Competition.
He has performed as soloist with ensembles including the San Francisco Sinfonietta, Moldavian Teleradio Orchestra, Third Coast Percussion, and Northwestern University Percussion Ensemble. He is founding artistic director of SONIC INERTIA, and an active member in the percussion duo SI2 with Cory Hills. He is endorsed and published by Innovative Percussion.