Matthew trained at the Royal Northern College of Music before continuing his training at London's Associated Studios' Opera Centre. He is now based in London and works as both a soloist and session singer and he continues to study privately with both Marcus van den Akker as well as pianist & conductor Adam Johnson.
Recent operatic roles have included Vegliardo (Isabeau) for Opera Holland Park, Un Bourgeois (Fortunio) with Grange Park Opera, Don Inigo Gomez (L'heure espagnole) for Grimeborn Opera Festival at London's Arcola Theatre, Frank (Die Fledermaus) with Fulham Opera & Schaunard (La Boheme) with Opera Up Close whose award winning production, translated and directed by Robin Norton-Hale, went on to win the Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production in 2011.
He has performed the roles of Hobson (Peter Grimes) with the Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra in concert, Gerald (La belle de la Bete) at Tete a Tete Opera Festival & Baron (La Traviata) with Merry Opera, whose production went on tour to Malaysia in collaboration with Petaling Jaya Arts Theatre, Kuala Lumpur. He has also sung the roles of Tom (Merrie England) with Opera South and Gugliemo (Cosi Fan Tutte) with Jackdaws Opera, Noye (Noye’s Fludde) with Monmouth Opera, 2nd Knight (Parsifal) and Junius (The Rape of Lucretia) with Elemental Opera.
Matthew has sung as a chorus member for a number of highly acclaimed opera companies including Opera Rara whose performances of 'Le Villi' & 'Il Paria' (conducted by Sir Mark Elder) were professionally recorded and performed in concert at the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican respectively. More recently, he performed 'The Rakes Progress' (conducted by Barbara Hannigan) at the Aldeburgh Festival with Opera Holland Park Chorus. Other opera credits at Opera Holland Park include Isabeau, Zaza and Kat'a Kabanova, Iris, La Boheme and The Queen of Spades. Elsewhere, opera chorus credits include Turandot with Northern Ireland Opera and Peter Grimes, Queen of Spades, Fortunio, Madama Butterfly, Idomeneo, Tosca, Love for Three Oranges and Tristan und Isolde for Grange Park Opera where in 2014, he was awarded the Grange Park Opera young artist scholarship.
In 2019, Matthew looks forward to returning to Opera Holland Park to perform L'arlesiana & Iolanta and he also looks forward to performing the role of Raimbaud (Count Ory) at London's Arcola Theatre with Opera Alegria for Grimborn Opera Festival.
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 the Finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony at Christ Church Spitalfields, Saint Saens' Christmas Oratorio with Richmond Choral Society, Handel's Messiah for Bedford Messiah 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 as well as Faure's Requiem & Butterworth's 'A Shopshire Lad' with the St Giles Singers in Camberwell, South London.
Matthew has also had extensive experience singing with a number of the UK's leading vocal ensembles including the Yorkshire Bach Choir, Blossom Street Singers and the Philharmonia Chorus at venues such as the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall, the Royal Albert Hall and St John's Smith Square. He regularly performs with The J-Tones Quartet, Barbershop-O-Gram, Pitch Perfect Voices and Eschoir all of whom perform across the country and have all made numerous appearances on television and radio.
Alongside performing, Matthew leads a busy schedule of teaching singing and piano across London and enjoys his peripatetic teaching at Chigwell School, Lister Community School and St. George's School Hanover Square (with Pelican Music). He is also a conductor of the Camberwell Community Choir and an assistant conductor of the St Giles Church Choir Camberwell in South London.
Recent operatic roles have included Vegliardo (Isabeau) for Opera Holland Park, Un Bourgeois (Fortunio) with Grange Park Opera, Don Inigo Gomez (L'heure espagnole) for Grimeborn Opera Festival at London's Arcola Theatre, Frank (Die Fledermaus) with Fulham Opera & Schaunard (La Boheme) with Opera Up Close whose award winning production, translated and directed by Robin Norton-Hale, went on to win the Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production in 2011.
He has performed the roles of Hobson (Peter Grimes) with the Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra in concert, Gerald (La belle de la Bete) at Tete a Tete Opera Festival & Baron (La Traviata) with Merry Opera, whose production went on tour to Malaysia in collaboration with Petaling Jaya Arts Theatre, Kuala Lumpur. He has also sung the roles of Tom (Merrie England) with Opera South and Gugliemo (Cosi Fan Tutte) with Jackdaws Opera, Noye (Noye’s Fludde) with Monmouth Opera, 2nd Knight (Parsifal) and Junius (The Rape of Lucretia) with Elemental Opera.
Matthew has sung as a chorus member for a number of highly acclaimed opera companies including Opera Rara whose performances of 'Le Villi' & 'Il Paria' (conducted by Sir Mark Elder) were professionally recorded and performed in concert at the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican respectively. More recently, he performed 'The Rakes Progress' (conducted by Barbara Hannigan) at the Aldeburgh Festival with Opera Holland Park Chorus. Other opera credits at Opera Holland Park include Isabeau, Zaza and Kat'a Kabanova, Iris, La Boheme and The Queen of Spades. Elsewhere, opera chorus credits include Turandot with Northern Ireland Opera and Peter Grimes, Queen of Spades, Fortunio, Madama Butterfly, Idomeneo, Tosca, Love for Three Oranges and Tristan und Isolde for Grange Park Opera where in 2014, he was awarded the Grange Park Opera young artist scholarship.
In 2019, Matthew looks forward to returning to Opera Holland Park to perform L'arlesiana & Iolanta and he also looks forward to performing the role of Raimbaud (Count Ory) at London's Arcola Theatre with Opera Alegria for Grimborn Opera Festival.
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 the Finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony at Christ Church Spitalfields, Saint Saens' Christmas Oratorio with Richmond Choral Society, Handel's Messiah for Bedford Messiah 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 as well as Faure's Requiem & Butterworth's 'A Shopshire Lad' with the St Giles Singers in Camberwell, South London.
Matthew has also had extensive experience singing with a number of the UK's leading vocal ensembles including the Yorkshire Bach Choir, Blossom Street Singers and the Philharmonia Chorus at venues such as the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall, the Royal Albert Hall and St John's Smith Square. He regularly performs with The J-Tones Quartet, Barbershop-O-Gram, Pitch Perfect Voices and Eschoir all of whom perform across the country and have all made numerous appearances on television and radio.
Alongside performing, Matthew leads a busy schedule of teaching singing and piano across London and enjoys his peripatetic teaching at Chigwell School, Lister Community School and St. George's School Hanover Square (with Pelican Music). He is also a conductor of the Camberwell Community Choir and an assistant conductor of the St Giles Church Choir Camberwell in South London.