Matthew Warnock

Guitarist Matthew Warnock has received jazz performance degrees from McGill University, Western Michigan University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as performance certificates in classical guitar and piano from the Royal Conservatory of Music. He has studied with some of the top names in jazz including Fred Hersch, Billy Hart, Gene Bertoncini, Jack Grassel, Roddy Ellias, Tom Knific, Chip McNeill and many others. As a student he has been a member of several Downbeat award winning jazz ensembles and has performed at international conferences and concert halls including Alice Tulley Hall at New York's Lincoln Center.



Matt is currently on faculty at Western Illinois University, Blackburn College, Culver-Stockton College and the Interlochen Arts Camp. As a full-time lecturer at WIU Matt teaches undergraduate and graduate level classical and jazz guitar students, directs the jazz and classical guitar ensembles and serves as director for the WIU Guitar Festival. Outside of his regular teaching duties he has given clinics and workshops across the US and Canada including Concordia University, the Merit School of Music, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Algoma University and University High School in Tucson, Az.



As a performer Matt has shared the stage with Randy Brecker, Jim McNeely, Slide Hampton, Stefon Harris and other jazz luminaries. He has performed in concert halls throughout the United States, Canada and Europe as both a sideman and leader, and has premiered or performed several new works for guitar written by classical composers Dr. Erik Lund and Dr. Eric Simonson. Matt continues to maintain a busy schedule of concert performances in both the classical and jazz genres throughout the US and Canada.



Matt is also an accomplished music journalist and has authored books for both Mel Bay and Hal Leonard publications. His instructional articles, product reviews and interviews have been featured in Just Jazz Guitar Magazine and the Jazz Guitar Gazette among other publications. As well, he has been a columnist for Modern Guitars Magazine since 2008 and is currently an associate editor, columnist and member of the board of advisors for Guitar International magazine.



If you would like more information on the jazz programs where Prof Warnock teaches please visit:

www.wiu.edu/guitar



If you would like to check out my column at Guitar International Magazine please visit http://modernguitarist.guitarinternational.com/wpmu