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Biography
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Matt Geer (b. 1996) is a doctoral philosopher and composer from Hastings, England. His music engages with philosophical questions around how we experience time and how our consciousness fluctuates during a piece of music. In 2022, he published his first book 'At this moment in time: Philosophical perspectives on sound' and am currently working on a new book on experimental music composition. Geer is studying for a PhD in music at Queen's University Belfast under Simon Mawhinney and Piers Hellawell. He completed his undergraduate studies in composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under James Weeks and Laurence Crane where he graduated in July 2020. At the Guildhall, he was composer in association with the City Chamber Choir and had his music performed and workshopped by the likes of the BBC singers, EXAUDI, Line Upon Line, Lakeside Brass, musicians from the LPO, the organist Carson Cooman at Harvard University, the clarinettist Heather Roche and the contemporary pianist Satoko Inoue. He is currently composer-in-residence with the London Baroque Orchestra. In 2017, Geer wrote an opera Sane and Sound which documented his journey suffering from psychosis and was subsequently diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. His mental health has immensely impacted his compositional practice, and he often uses composing as a form of therapy. Geer also has an interest in contemporary organ music. He studied organ through the Royal College of Organists at the University of Sussex under James Lloyd Thomas and under Simon Williams at St George's, Hanover Square.
Matt Geer (b. 1996) is a doctoral philosopher and composer from Hastings, England. His music engages with philosophical questions around how we experience time and how our consciousness fluctuates during a piece of music. In 2022, he published his first book 'At this moment in time: Philosophical perspectives on sound' and am currently working on a new book on experimental music composition. Geer is studying for a PhD in music at Queen's University Belfast under Simon Mawhinney and Piers Hellawell. He completed his undergraduate studies in composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under James Weeks and Laurence Crane where he graduated in July 2020. At the Guildhall, he was composer in association with the City Chamber Choir and had his music performed and workshopped by the likes of the BBC singers, EXAUDI, Line Upon Line, Lakeside Brass, musicians from the LPO, the organist Carson Cooman at Harvard University, the clarinettist Heather Roche and the contemporary pianist Satoko Inoue. He is currently composer-in-residence with the London Baroque Orchestra. In 2017, Geer wrote an opera Sane and Sound which documented his journey suffering from psychosis and was subsequently diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. His mental health has immensely impacted his compositional practice, and he often uses composing as a form of therapy. Geer also has an interest in contemporary organ music. He studied organ through the Royal College of Organists at the University of Sussex under James Lloyd Thomas and under Simon Williams at St George's, Hanover Square.
Copyright © Matt Geer, 2022.
Reviews
"The talented Geer’s very personal experience was so vividly and so imposingly envisaged in this work"
Maryam Philpott, The Reviews Hub
Sane and Sound Opera by Matt Geer, 2018. Performed at the Arcola Theatre.
Maryam Philpott, The Reviews Hub
Sane and Sound Opera by Matt Geer, 2018. Performed at the Arcola Theatre.
"Powerful, provocative and beautifully performed throughout. This was a work of challenging technical genius from the creators, delivered to a very high standard."
Rachel, Audience Member
With Mixed Effects, 2019. Performed at the London Centre for Peace and Reconcilliation.
Rachel, Audience Member
With Mixed Effects, 2019. Performed at the London Centre for Peace and Reconcilliation.
"I was engrossed from start to finish. It was highly emotional and brutally honest. It moved me to actual tears!!"
Sarah, Audience Member
Sane and Sound Opera by Matt Geer, 2018. Performed at the Milton Court Theatre.
Sarah, Audience Member
Sane and Sound Opera by Matt Geer, 2018. Performed at the Milton Court Theatre.