Matt Slotkin

Having received acclaim as a performer, teacher, and scholar, Matthew Slotkin is one of the most prominent young guitarists in the United States. He has appeared in leading venues worldwide, including the Alexandria Guitar Festival, the UNC-Greensboro New Music Festival for Guitar and Saxophone, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival, the Chautauqua Institution, and the DuMaurier Jazz Festival in Toronto, Ontario. American Record Guide praised Slotkin for his “musical sensitivity and technical control,” and for giving “strong readings of this appealing music.”

Slotkin directs the guitar programs at Mansfield University and Bloomsburg University, and has given masterclasses at numerous institutions, including the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, the University of Saskatchewan, the Alexandria Guitar Festival, the UNC-Greensboro New Music Festival for Guitar and Saxophone, and the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival. He has also taught guitar and chamber music at the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, and classical and jazz guitar at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, NY, Alfred University in Alfred, NY, and in the Eastman School of Music’s Community Education Division. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Music, and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied guitar with Nicholas Goluses and historical performance practice with Paul O’Dette.