Matthew DeChant is a composer, musician, sound artist, and aural storyteller. He holds a degree in music composition from the Lawrence University Conservatory, and is active in many different artistic spheres from contemporary classical to film scores, avant-garde theatre to video games and podcasts. Matthew composes, arranges, and performs on trombone, accordion, dance, and voice. Matthew is passionate that all artistic mediums, new or old, niche or popular, are equally deserving of artistic value and academic respect.
Standout projects for him have included performing at the 2023 New Music Gathering as part of the ELM Trio (Ellie Lutterman/Lucian Baxter/Matthew DeChant), creating an hour-long original theatre production that combined contemporary classical music and Brechtian metatheatre cabaret, and writing incidental + dance music for a staging of the Fin Kennedy play The Domino Effect.
Matthew has studied with composers such as Joanne Metcalfe and Asha Srinivasan, theatre-makers such as Timothy X. Troy, Kathy Privatt, Margaret Paek, and Mauriah Donegan-Kraker, and other artists such as Tim Albright, Michael Clayville, Ann Ellsworth, and Loren Kiyoshi Dempster.
You can find some of his recordings on his YouTube channel, and browse his scores on his Scores page. Looking to commission a work? Contact him here.
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