In 20, Matt was a featured presenter at the Woodruff Arts Center Educator Conference. Matt was voted Teacher of the Year at Tapestry for the 2016-2017 school year. At Tapestry, he has developed the music curriculum from the ground up, teaching band, chorus, music appreciation and developing a music theory and composition and music technology course for high school students. Matt is currently the music teacher at Tapestry Public Charter School, an innovative school in Atlanta focused on providing a rigorous, inclusive education to middle and high school students. He can be heard every Thursday at the Commerce Club in Downtown Atlanta from 6PM to 9PM with the great keyboardist Emmanuel Chops Smith. Since moving to Atlanta in 2015, Matt has performed extensively with artists like Joe Gransden, Kenny Banks, Kevin Bales, Tyrone Jackson, Dave Frackenpohl, Paul Fischer and a host of others. Kelly Via, and arranging and composition with Dr. In addition to saxophone, Matt has studied flute with Mr. As a graduate student at Mercer, Matt led saxophone chamber groups, jazz improvisation ensembles, saxophone sectionals, and the jazz orchestra. He graduated from Mercer with a Master of Music degree in 2015. Matt moved with his wife to Georgia in 2011 and studied saxophone with Dr. While in New York, he studied with saxophonists Michael Blake, David Glasser, Billy Harper, and Rich Perry among many others. Matt grew up in New Jersey and graduated from the New School University in New York City with a BFA in Jazz and Contemporary Music in 2007. Matt has performed extensively as a leader and sideman throughout the United States with artists ranging from the Joe Gransden Big Band and jazz bassist William Parker to the Macon Symphony Orchestra, and the Temptations. Matt Miller is an Atlanta-based saxophonist, woodwind doubler, teacher, arranger, and composer.
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