style: Rock Jazz Pop Classical Drumline African Latin
subjects: Drumset, Percussion,
Register For Lessons with Matt Schedule a Trial Lesson with MattMatt Bennett is a drummer and percussionist from Augusta, Ga who enjoys rocking out on the drums as much as playing a deep African groove. Matt is a recent graduate of the University of North Texas where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music with a minor in International Studies, studying Jazz drum set, African music, and Latin percussion.
Currently, Matt is working as a freelance musician in the Dallas/Fort Worth area where he plays in cover bands, original groups, churches, musicals, an African troupe, and accompanies dancers at Texas Woman's University. He has toured the country with various groups and has taken two research trips to West Africa where he studied traditional music and dance in villages in Ghana.
Matt has over ten years of teaching experience including private lessons, group lessons, clinics, band camps, and developing curriculum for programs like Stomp! For Life, an integrative after-school program that uses rhythm to teach healthy habits to kids.
Matt spent some of his college career studying classical music as well as drum set and percussion so will have no problem coaching you through that upcoming audition.