BIO

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Although perhaps best known among the professional community for his works for wind band, Matthew Schoendorff writes for all types of ensembles. His pieces have been performed on several continents and are on many state festival required music lists. Schoendorff’s music has received recognition by the first National Band Association’s Young Composer Mentor Project, The National Association for Music Education (MENC), and several competitions and festivals in Michigan.

He currently serves as faculty in music theory and composition at Wayne State University (Detroit, MI), music theory and aural skills at Mott Community College (Flint, MI), and music theory, composition, and songwriting at the Flint Institute of Music School of Performing Arts (Flint, MI). Previous appointments include Theory and Composition Chair at the National Music Institute for Young Artists (in affiliation with the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, MI), middle/high school instrumental music in the Coldwater Community Schools (Coldwater, MI), and theory and composition at the Mott Community College Jim Lee Fine Arts Camp (Flint, MI). He has performed as a euphonium and/or tuba section member with the Ann Arbor Concert Band, the Hillsdale Wind Symphony, the Saginaw Eddy Concert Band, and ensembles at both Michigan State University and Western Michigan University. He served as guest conductor for the Ann Arbor Concert Band during the 2003-04 season.

First published as an undergraduate student at Western Michigan University, Schoendorff continues an extensive writing and publishing career. His music is published by Grand Mesa Music Publishers, TRN Music Publisher, MSB Publishing Co., Advance Music, and The Tuba Press. He is a member of ASCAP. In addition to his published compositions, he is also co-author of a warm-up method for wind band. Schoendorff appears in Composers on Composing for Band, Vol. IV (ed. Camphouse; GIA Publications, 2008) and Musicianship: Composing in Band and Orchestra (ed. Randles/Stringham; GIA Publications, 2013). He previously was the composer- in-residence for the NUCLASSICA Ensemble in Detroit, MI and has arranged for the OPERA REMIX Initiative at the Townsend Opera Company in Modesto, CA.

Schoendorff completed his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in composition at Michigan State University, where he studied with Jere Hutcheson and Ricardo Lorenz and served as a graduate assistant in music theory. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in composition and education from Western Michigan University.