Matthew is originally from Perth and in 1997 he completed a Bachelor of Music Performance (Classical) on tuba and euphonium at the WA Academy of Performing Arts. His teachers have included Dr Alan Lourens, Ken Waterworth, Steve Rosse and Floyd Cooley from the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. He has since performed in Scandinavia as a member of the Australian Youth Wind Orchestra, in Singapore with Midland Brick Brass, featured soloist with the Western Australian Wind Orchestra and won several scholarships to attend brass workshops at the Australian National Academy of Music.

Since coming to Melbourne in 2003 he has been a regular member of Kew Band Melbourne and the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra (bass trombone and euphonium).

In 2007 Matthew obtained a Diploma of Education (Music) from Monash University and works as a brass teacher at St Kevin's College and Ivanhoe Grammar School. Matthew intends to do further study on the euphonium over the next couple of years.