Matthew Briggs - Composer
Bio
Matthew Briggs is a recent graduate of Florida State University with a Doctor of Music in Music Composition. Also an avid educator, he was previously an Adjunct Instructor of Music at Texas Christian University (TCU) and Music Theory Instructor at Southwestern Adventist University (SWAU) and will continue to teach theory and composition at the collegiate level.
Equally at home in acoustic and electronic mediums, his compositional style is diverse, ranging from modal, semi-minimalist work to the avant-garde. He particularly enjoys exploring the world of microtonality, with much inspiration coming from the overtone series. His music has currently been gaining recognition on the national stage, as his work was recently accepted to the ACCelerate Creativity and Innovation Festival at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, the International Computer Music Conference and New York Electroacoustic Festival, the National Student Electronic Music Event (NSEME), the 2020 Cortona Sessions in Italy, and the 2020 SCI National Conference.
Matthew began playing piano at the age of six, and it still remains a large part of his life; since then he has also picked up guitar, bass, trumpet, and other instruments with varying degrees of proficiency. He is a member of Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI), ASCAP, Pi Kappa Lambda (Music Honor Society), and Delta Phi Alpha (German Honor Society). Some other interests include fishing, collecting old books, and language study.
Equally at home in acoustic and electronic mediums, his compositional style is diverse, ranging from modal, semi-minimalist work to the avant-garde. He particularly enjoys exploring the world of microtonality, with much inspiration coming from the overtone series. His music has currently been gaining recognition on the national stage, as his work was recently accepted to the ACCelerate Creativity and Innovation Festival at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, the International Computer Music Conference and New York Electroacoustic Festival, the National Student Electronic Music Event (NSEME), the 2020 Cortona Sessions in Italy, and the 2020 SCI National Conference.
Matthew began playing piano at the age of six, and it still remains a large part of his life; since then he has also picked up guitar, bass, trumpet, and other instruments with varying degrees of proficiency. He is a member of Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI), ASCAP, Pi Kappa Lambda (Music Honor Society), and Delta Phi Alpha (German Honor Society). Some other interests include fishing, collecting old books, and language study.