We are delighted to announce that Dr. Matt van Emmerik is joining the M&B team as a Performance And Development Artist.
Matt uses a signature mouthpiece that we have developed with him during the last few months the MB4 MvE.
Born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia in 1978 – Matthew started playing at age 7. He is the former principal euphonium player with the Central Band of the Royal Air Force based in London, United Kingdom and all Royal Australian Navy Bands.
He has held high profile recording and principal/section positions on euphonium, tuba and bass trumpet with the world’s leading bands and orchestras including: Black Dyke, Fodens, Leyland, Desford Colliery, Brighouse and Rastrick, Cory, Dalewool (NZ), Woolston (NZ), Victoria Brass, National Band of Australia and the Fountain City Band (U.S.A) – Australian Pop’s Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, Melbourne Symphony, Sydney Symphony, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, the Malaysian Philharmonic, the Oporto National Orchestra – Portugal, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, the Singapore Symphony and the Louisville Orchestra (U.S.A).
In 2007 Matthew was awarded the coveted Champion of Champions title at the National Brass Band Championships, and in 2011 became only the second Australian in history to win the Open Euphonium Championship at the New Zealand Brass Band Championships. Matthew has adjudicated contests and festivals all across Australia, New Zealand, the U.S.A and Europe. He has conducted many high-level wind and brass bands in Australia and overseas including steering the Melbourne based Box Hill City Band’s resurgence back to the A Grade (Championship Section) status, including recording a highly successful CD release with them titled; ‘125 Years’ which is on the Potenza Music label (U.S.A)
Matthew completed his PhD studies and graduated as a Doctor of Music from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and University of Sydney in 2011. He has recorded four commercially available CDs: ‘Neath Austral Skies, ‘Utaki – The Sacred Grove’, ‘Homeland’, featuring repertoire commissioned and composed specifically for him, this CD received critical acclaim. Matthew’s latest research CD project; ‘Preserving Code’, included recording and compiling all of the 11 solos by famed Australian composer, conductor and instrumentalist; Percy Code, for the first time in history and was released on the Potenza Music label (U.S.A). Matthew’s CD release ‘Utaki’ and his latest project ‘Preserving Code’ received the coveted ‘CD of the Month’ Award in the Brass Band World Magazine (UK) and was also a finalist for the ‘Solo CD of the Year’ Award in the same Magazine. He is the most recorded euphonium soloist in Australasia.
In December 2016 Matthew performed with the world renowned ‘Chicago Symphony Orchestra’ Brass section at the opening concert of the Midwest Conference at Symphony Center, Chicago.
Matthew is also proud to be an Adams Musical Instrument Company Brass Artist and Clinician and an endorsee of Reunion Blues gig bags.
Matthew is married to his beautiful wife Monique, and they have two son’s William 13 and Patrick 10.
Dr. Matthew van Emmerik
