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Prélude [Totem I] - ca. 2'30"

Solo Bass Clarinet (Optional Drone) (2003) - For Christopher Cundy

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For information on Mat Martin's teaching practice email mat@flatpackmusic.com.

 

LESSONS

Regular & One-Off private lessons - Clawhammer Banjo, Guitar

Support by correspondance & Online lessons (Skype) - Clawhammer Banjo

“Mat is first and foremost a professional musician. This is his trade and he is a master of the form. What differentiates Mat from many other musicians and teachers is his holistic approach to teaching and his philosophy of learning an instrument. He teaches from the person out, rather than the more external technicalities of an instrument. Mat allows the individual to express themselves through the instrument, rather than someone else’s idea of form and function.”

- Stephen Allen, Student

 

WORKSHOPS

ACCOMPANIMENT IDEAS USING FRETTED STRINGS

FRAILING THE 5-STRING BANJO

OLD-TIME BANJO IN SONG ACCOMPANIMENT

Requests for other workshops gladly considered.

"Mat keeps things simple and builds on steps to teach clawhammer banjo. His feedback is accurate and helpful. He also knows a lot about where science and music meet. He brings complex information into layman's language."

- Ann McKirdy-Carson, Workshop Participant

 

LECTURES

Mat has experience in and is available to give lectures and workshops in academic institutions, and has worked as a guest lecturer at Leeds College of Music and York St John University, offering Q&A sessions on working in the industry, production and musicianship, and speaking on subjects such as History of Electronic Music - 1910-1980, Score Editing in Sibelius and Critical Practice (postgrad. workshop).