Dr. Matthew Butterfield is a performer, reedmaker, and teacher based in Rhode Island. He is the Adjunct Professor of Oboe instructor at Rhode Island College and Oboe Instructor at The Joy of Music Program in Worcester, Massachusetts. Matthew frequently performs with the Narragansett Bay Symphony Community Orchestra, The American Band, the Worcester Winds, and the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra, and has been a member of The Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra, The American Wind Symphony Orchestra, and The Atlantic Coast Opera Festival Orchestra. Matthew has also played in the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, the Saint Joseph Symphony Orchestra, the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Missouri, and the Nashua Chamber Orchestra. He has participated in several music festivals, such as the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific and master classes at the Banff Centre. He has also traveled to Milan to perform as a guest musician with the Orchestra Sinfonica del Conservatorio and the Milano Musica festival.
Matthew holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kansas, where he served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. He obtained his Master of Music degree from The University of Wisconsin, where he received the William Weilgus Award and the UW Oboe Performance Scholarship. Additionally, he was a winner in the annual Irving Shain Woodwind-Piano Duo Competition. Matthew also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education and a Professional Performer's Certificate from Penn State University, where he was a recipient of the Performer’s Recognition Award and the Bryce And Jonelle Jordan Excellence In Music Scholarship. His principal teachers are Margaret Marco, Marc Fink, and Timothy Hurtz.
