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PHOTO: ERFAN AREFI
Matt Gould has been described as a "guitarist capable of
giving performances of great beauty,
enthusiasm and control" by EMI recording
artist and former teacher, Manuel Barrueco. Equally versed in the traditional
and modern literature, he has performed on three continents as both soloist
and with his violin and guitar ensemble Duo46. With over seventy commissioned
works to date and two critically acclaimed new music recordings, Dr. Gould has
established himself as a leading force in contemporary art music. He has also
performed with many contemporary ensembles such as the Peabody Camerata
under the baton of Gene Young, the New Music Ensemble with composer
Dan Welcher, and the Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble under Dan
Asia; premiering new chamber works by such notable composers as
Tania Leon, Ollie Wilson, Mario Davidovsky, and Luigi Nono. He
is a recipient of many awards and honors such as a Rotary Scholarship,
a Peabody Fellowship Award, the Hos Award for Excellence in Guitar
Performance from the guitar faculty at the Peabody Conservatory, and a Barlow
Commissioning Grant. In addition to recording and performing concerts,
he has excelled in many international competitions including the Stotsenberg,
Sholin, and the Guitar Foundation of America. He has taught at Eastern
Mediterranean University from 2000-2005 introducing a complete curriculum of
courses in Fingerboard Harmony, modern Guitar Literature, Lute and Baroque
Guitar Literature, Pedagogy and a balanced program of solo and mixed chamber
music for guitar, Guitar Ensemble and Guitar Orchestra. Dr. Gould is now
living in the NYC metro area researching the teaching philosophy of Suzuki
as applied to the guitar. Matt now records and performs on a Jeroen Hilhorst guitar.
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