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 thirty 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 in the past, served as Assistant Director of University Bands. He is heavily involved with the indoor percussion activity as an adjudicator for WGI. Matt has recently delved into the art of drumstick and mallet design for the  Pro-Mark drumstick company creating a signature line of sticks.  His most recent publication is “Savage Rudimental Workshop”, a state of the art rudiment development book with 2 CD20accompaniment published by Alfred Music. 

 

Along with being a marching percussion specialist, Matt is a Remo hand drum artist and drum circle facilitator leading drum circles for a variety of both local and national events.

 

He is a clinician for the Yamaha Corporation, Pro-Mark Drumsticks, Sabian Cymbals, and Remo Inc.