Matthew Thomas
Percussion
Matthew Thomas moved to Albuquerque from New Jersey in 2006. Before moving to Albuquerque, Matthew was a percussion teacher for the Somerville School of Music. He is the former house drummer for the Somerset Jazz Consortium, and former leader of the Wallace Whitman Quartet. As well as teaching, Matthew works as a free lance jazz drummer. Matthew has played for cover bands, rock bands, wedding bands, "indie" bands, and blues bands. Matthew's most recent work has included session work for Randy Heddon's album “Classic Kutz for Contemporary Katz”, and Steve Klempke's forthcoming album "Tangerine." Besides his music, Matthew is working on commercial compositions with his project Conduit A Mue and collaborating on a children's album. Matthew's private studies have included a variety of teachers including Joe Morello (Dave Brubeck) and Dion Parson (Broadway, Rutgers University). His studies have incorporated multiple methods, techniques, and teaching pedagogies from classical technique, to improvisational training and phrasing. Matthew has had a career in social services and education as well.
