Matt Smith – The Music Studio of Virginia Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH Virginia 23454
United States
Contact
Email: mattsmithlk@gmail.com
Website: https://www.themusicstudiovirginiabeach.com/
Instructional Options
- Music School
- Private Studio: Business Location
Professional Affiliations
- Sabian Education Network
Social Media
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MattSmithDrum/
Additional Information
Offering drum and percussion lessons at The Music Studio of Virginia Beach. Known as one of the best jazz stylistic & versatile drummers in Hampton Roads, Matt has also played over twenty years in South Florida in various genres ranging from Brazilian Jazz and Big Band Swing to over 25 professional musicals such as Chicago, and is distinguished to be the only local musician to play with the Key West Symphony.
Heralding from Union, NJ and a musical family, his earliest influence was his mother who sang solo contralto at Carnegie Hall and taught him piano at age seven. He later studied drums with acclaimed drummers Gene Thaler, Gerald Carlyss, Joe LaBarbera and Dom Famularo. He served in the U.S. Army Band for 6 1/2 years at Ft. Monmouth, NJ and Seoul, South Korea. He’s also performed with jazz greats such as Bill Watrous, Johnny O’Neal, Tamir Hendelman, Bill Porter, and Roseanna Vitro.
Matt also played alongside other critically acclaimed artists Otis Blackwell, Dave Pike, Ron Delp, Lonnie Jacobson, Brian Murphy, Dana Paul, Nicole Henry, Nicole Yarling, Steve Ahern, and David Kreiselman.
Matt’s performed concerts with the Key West Symphony, Monmouth Symphony in NJ, Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches in the percussion section, on drum set and on Tympani.
