Faculty
Matthew Wright
Guitar/LuteMatthew Wright is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. There, he attended the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, and studied classical guitar with Ray Chester and lute with Mark Cudek. Upon moving to Cambridge in 1999, Matt began concentrating on the lute, studying with Douglas Freundlich at The Longy School of Music, and subsequently receiving an MM in Early Music Performance. He has performed as a solo lutenist and continuo player for ensembles and soloists throughout the Eastern U.S., Canada, and bits of Europe. Recent concerts have been "Searching, Sharing, Six-course Lute", a solo lute and collaborative recital of 16th Century Italian music, "Love's Constancy", an English lutesong recital with soprano Claire Raphaelson, and "Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String", a concert of Scottish music with Seven Times Salt. Other performances with Renaissonics (MA), Ensemble Al Verso (Switzerland), and Fanfare Consort (CT), and the New Brunswick Early Music Festival. (Canada).. As a teacher of guitar, he currently has students at Riverside Theater Works (Hyde Park, MA), and the Longy School of Music (Cambridge, MA).