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Matt Savage
Matt Savage

Role(s):

Summer Symposium Faculty

Specialties:

Leadership, Percussion

Affiliations:

Remo, Yamaha Performing Artist

Matt Savage, graduate of the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, New York and The University of Southern California, has taught at every level of public education from elementary to the college level. Along with teaching in public education, Matt also has twenty-five years of playing and teaching experience in the marching percussion field. This experience includes playing snare drum with the legendary Bayonne Bridgemen and serving as percussion director and arranger for drum and bugle corps such as the Anaheim Velvet Knights, the Dutchboy of Kitchener, Ontario and the Canton Bluecoats. At the collegiate level, Matt has served as percussion instructor for the USC Trojan Marching Band and is currently Director of Marching Percussion at the University of North Carolina, where he has also served as Assistant Director of University Bands. Savage is heavily involved with the indoor percussion activity as an adjudicator for WGI. Along with being a marching percussion specialist, he is a Remo hand drum artist and drum circle facilitator, leading drum circles for a variety of both local and national events. Savage is a clinician for the Yamaha Corporation of America, Remo Inc. and other leading music industry members. 

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