Matthew is fast becoming one of the leading Voice teachers in Norway and Scandinavia. He has worked as a voice teacher at the Opera Academy at the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo. ,He has also been a voice consultant to Nordic Institute for stage and studio in Oslo. In 2014 Matthew was given the position as a singing teacher at Toneheim Folkhogskole.
Along side this Matthew runs his own regular private singing studio for both student and professional singers.
In 2015 Matthew worked as a voice consultant to Ringsaker Opera ,Norway and also as visiting professor to Hedmark University.
Matthew has given masterclasses throughout Norway including Stavanger University and for the Oslo Opera festival.
He has also given voice masterclasses for the Renata Tebaldi Foundation in San Marino and the Philharmonic Romana in Rome.
Matthews students perform regularly on the International Opera stage and leading concert venues and also on the Musical theatre stage around the world. He has also had students successfully embark on the young artist programme at the National Norwegian Opera .He also had pupils who perform on national Television and radio.
He regularly prepares young singers for entrance auditions both in Norway and beyond and each year his students successfully fill many of the places of the accepted applicants auditioning to the for most Conservatoires and Universities.
Matthew coaches and teaches many singers in Norway and also has students form around the world visit him in Norway for lessons . He is in demand by both students and professional singers. He is known as a teacher who shows great commitment to every student he works with and for his knowledge, patience, enthusiasm, positiveness and well trained ear.
He maintains that teaching is essentially a relationship between pupil and teacher with respect and commitment on both sides. Whilst working on the voice, body and mind he considers the philosophical needs of the singer, and believes singing to be the voice of the soul. His fundaments, training and concepts are based on Bel canto principles of beauty of quality of tone, legato and freedom of voice, body mind and spirit!
Exercises are used on various sounds possible for the human voice. All vowels and consonants too are used in different placements throughout all registers, thereby achieving balance and evenness throughout the singers range, as well as flexibility at all dynamic levels.
Alongside this thoughts and use of the natural tendency and developments of the diaphragm as an emotive power is adhered to ,and all exercises lead to the optimum individualise and quality of each and every singer. No voice is the same and should be trained accordingly.
Matthew works with many musical possibilities and variations so that when the student/singer performs there is nothing that has not been technically explored. The singer is then confidently able to use their imagination and inherent musicality to sing expressively with beauty and freedom.
Furthermore he has a complete understanding of vocal anatomy which is also a vital key to teaching.
Alongside this he is also a very competent pianist and regularly provides this aspect into his voice lessons.
Matthew is experienced in giving masterclasses and with high demand and popularity . He is comfortable and available for masterclasses both publicly or privately and also within a school environment. Masterclasses are available Worldwide.
He is also available for Television radio and media work.
He is experienced with both training the voice in classical, opera, popular music and music theatre. However he specialises primarily in classical and opera singing.