Matthew trained at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he was supported by the Ann Driver Trust, before he continued training at London's Associated Studios Opera Centre. He is currently based in London and works as both a soloist and ensemble singer and he continues to study privately with Marcus van den Akker and with pianist & conductor Adam Johnson.
Operatic roles have included 1st Bourgeois (Fortunio) with Grange Park Opera, Frank (Die Fledermaus) with Fulham Opera & Schaunard (La Boheme) with both Heritage Opera and Opera Up Close whose award winning production, originally translated and directed by Robin Norton-Hale, went on to win an Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production in 2011. He has also sung Hobson (Peter Grimes in concert) with Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Noye (Noye’s Fludde) with Monmouth Opera, 2nd Knight (Parsifal) and Junius (The Rape of Lucretia) with Elemental Opera, Gerald (La belle de la Bete) at Tete a Tete Opera Festival, Baron (La Traviata) with both Opera UK and Merry Opera, who toured a production of La Traviata to Malaysia in collaboration with Petaling Jaya Arts Theatre, Kuala Lumpur. He has also sung Tom (Merrie England) with Opera South and Gugliemo (Cosi Fan Tutte) with Jackdaws Opera.
Recent ensemble appearances include Zaza and Kat'a Kabanova, Iris, La Boheme and The Queen of Spades at Opera Holland Park. Other ensemble credits include Turandot with Northern Ireland Opera as well as Peter Grimes, Queen of Spades, Madama Butterfly, Idomeneo, Tosca, Love for Three Oranges and Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera. In 2014, he was awarded the Grange Park Opera young artist scholarship.
Matthew looks forward to performing in Isabeau at Opera Holland Park in Summer 2018. He will also be singing the role of Schaunard (La Boheme) on tour with Opera-Up-Close and Don Inigo Gomez (L'heure espagnole) for the Grimeborn Opera Festival at London's Arcola Theatre with Opera Alegria.
On the solo concert platform he has sung at numerous venues across the UK, notably at the London Handel Festival with the Amade Players and also in the title role in Elijah at the Cadogan Hall with the London Gay Mens Chorus. Other solo Oratorio performances have included Saint-Seans' Christmas Oratorio with Richmond Choral Society, Finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony at Christ Church Spitalfields, Handel's Messiah for Bedford Messiah Choir, 'Where no Shadows Fall' with Worcester Chamber Choir, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion & Christmas Oratorio with King Edward Choral Society (Macclesfield), Mozart’s Requiem and Bach’s Matthew Passion with Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Handel’s Israel in Egypt and Haydn’s Nelson Mass at the RNCM.
Matthew has had extensive experience singing with many of the UK's leading chamber ensembles including the Yorkshire Bach Choir, Blossom Street Singers and the Philharmonia Chorus. He also regularly sings with the The J-Tones Quartet, Barbershop-O-Gram, Pitch Perfect Voices and Eschoir all of whom perform regularly across the country and have all made numerous appearances on television and radio.
Matthew enjoys a busy schedule of teaching both singing and piano across London and he is a peripatetic teacher at St. George's School Hanover Square (with Pelican Music), Lister Community School and Chigwell School. He is also a conductor of the Camberwell Community Choir and an assistant conductor of the St Giles Church Choir Camberwell in South London.
Operatic roles have included 1st Bourgeois (Fortunio) with Grange Park Opera, Frank (Die Fledermaus) with Fulham Opera & Schaunard (La Boheme) with both Heritage Opera and Opera Up Close whose award winning production, originally translated and directed by Robin Norton-Hale, went on to win an Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production in 2011. He has also sung Hobson (Peter Grimes in concert) with Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra, Noye (Noye’s Fludde) with Monmouth Opera, 2nd Knight (Parsifal) and Junius (The Rape of Lucretia) with Elemental Opera, Gerald (La belle de la Bete) at Tete a Tete Opera Festival, Baron (La Traviata) with both Opera UK and Merry Opera, who toured a production of La Traviata to Malaysia in collaboration with Petaling Jaya Arts Theatre, Kuala Lumpur. He has also sung Tom (Merrie England) with Opera South and Gugliemo (Cosi Fan Tutte) with Jackdaws Opera.
Recent ensemble appearances include Zaza and Kat'a Kabanova, Iris, La Boheme and The Queen of Spades at Opera Holland Park. Other ensemble credits include Turandot with Northern Ireland Opera as well as Peter Grimes, Queen of Spades, Madama Butterfly, Idomeneo, Tosca, Love for Three Oranges and Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera. In 2014, he was awarded the Grange Park Opera young artist scholarship.
Matthew looks forward to performing in Isabeau at Opera Holland Park in Summer 2018. He will also be singing the role of Schaunard (La Boheme) on tour with Opera-Up-Close and Don Inigo Gomez (L'heure espagnole) for the Grimeborn Opera Festival at London's Arcola Theatre with Opera Alegria.
On the solo concert platform he has sung at numerous venues across the UK, notably at the London Handel Festival with the Amade Players and also in the title role in Elijah at the Cadogan Hall with the London Gay Mens Chorus. Other solo Oratorio performances have included Saint-Seans' Christmas Oratorio with Richmond Choral Society, Finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony at Christ Church Spitalfields, Handel's Messiah for Bedford Messiah Choir, 'Where no Shadows Fall' with Worcester Chamber Choir, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion & Christmas Oratorio with King Edward Choral Society (Macclesfield), Mozart’s Requiem and Bach’s Matthew Passion with Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Handel’s Israel in Egypt and Haydn’s Nelson Mass at the RNCM.
Matthew has had extensive experience singing with many of the UK's leading chamber ensembles including the Yorkshire Bach Choir, Blossom Street Singers and the Philharmonia Chorus. He also regularly sings with the The J-Tones Quartet, Barbershop-O-Gram, Pitch Perfect Voices and Eschoir all of whom perform regularly across the country and have all made numerous appearances on television and radio.
Matthew enjoys a busy schedule of teaching both singing and piano across London and he is a peripatetic teacher at St. George's School Hanover Square (with Pelican Music), Lister Community School and Chigwell School. He is also a conductor of the Camberwell Community Choir and an assistant conductor of the St Giles Church Choir Camberwell in South London.