Matt Collins is a composer and researcher, currently studying for a DPhil in Music funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council at the University of Oxford, where he is being supervised by Professor Martyn Harry and Professor Gascia Ouzounian. Matt's research primarily focuses on the role that timbre plays in the oft-perceived sense of aesthetic disconnect between acoustic and electronic instruments in mixed electroacoustic music.
As part of his doctoral research, Matt undertook a period of academic exchange in 2021 at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, where he was supervised by Professor Michael Edwards and was funded by a one-year grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Matt completed a master's degree in Experimental Music at Brunel University London in 2018, where he was supervised by Dr John Croft. Matt also completed his bachelor's degree in Music at Brunel in 2017, where he was supervised principally by Dr Colin Riley, and was awarded the Griffin Prize for Music, the University Prize for Arts and Humanities, and the British and Foreign School Society Prize for his work there.
Matt's music has been performed by a variety of soloists and ensembles, including the Castalian Quartet, Apartment House, CHROMA, Nadia Ratsimandresy, and Berglind Tómasdóttir. For more details about Matt's compositions, recordings, and performances of his works, click here.