M a t t h e w D a l l m a n

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Matthew Dallman is a composer, philosopher, blogger, independent scholar, consultant, facilitator, and photographer. He has released several albums of original compositions, and composes for independent films. Matthew's approach is to compose for social, serious, and sacred music settings, through use of funk, fugue, and flash sonic structures. His primary instruments are his voice, his piano, and his nylon-string guitar. He has composed for chamber ensembles, vocal ensembles, jazz and rock combos, and solo instruments. His music has been performed in various venues in Milwaukee, St. Louis, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Boston, New York City, Boulder, and Chicago.

He is the founder of Electric Goose Productions, a multimedia and consulting company. Electric Goose produces the website, www.MatthewDallman.com, online since April 2003, as a portfolio of his music and philosophical works. He is a prolific blogger on his The Daily Goose blog, which combines words + photography + music in a truly unique multimedia voice. It is "a composer's blog about music, art, love, & the kosmos electric".

Matthew is the author of numerous articles and essays, as well as forthcoming books on art, music, and creativity. Notably, an initial draft of his thesis in-progress, An Integral Art Manifesto, was used in the first ever accredited course in Integral Studies, offered by Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the fall of 2004 (one of eleven papers selected). Matthew is the former co-director of the Integral University Integral Art Center, in association with Integral Institute, a Colorado-based think tank with many branches, art included. He served in this volunteer position from July 2003 to his resignation in November 2004, and was involved with strategic planning.

Matthew has given lectures and facilitated workshops. Notably, Matthew co-presented a 3-day workshop, along with Willow Pearson and John Forman, called the Integral Artistry Intensive, in May 2004. It was one of the first experiential workshops in the integral mold that was geared towards working artists. In 2003, Matthew also gave lectures on the integral approach at artist meetings of the IS of Art collective, in Boulder, CO. He actively works with artists in the Chicago arts scene.

In 1997, he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, with a degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. While there, he studied poetry with Yusef Komunyakaa and Carter Revard. After Wash U., Matthew led and composed for a jazz and rock trio in Minneapolis, called Electric Goose. The group performed for two years. Matthew then decided to expand his composition to include into the Western classical music traditions. After two years of study with a private tutor, Amy Wurtz, Matthew moved out to Brooklyn to attend Aaron Copland School of Music, at Queens College.

Amidst his studies, Matthew created his own integral music practice. He created with a daily plan of action, or sadhana, to integrate the important traditional music school curriculum with other aspects of a diverse and sustainable musical life. This includes meditation, tone yoga (his own creation), expansive improvisation of fundamental chord progressions, Iyengar yoga, study of business practices for composers/music, regular performances of compositions, teaching, and immersion into Western 'Early Music', specifically plainchant and Medieval polyphony, as well as engaged study of music from all of the world's traditions.

Matthew Dallman is the son of Robert and Katherine Dallman, and brother of Christopher Dallman. He married to Hannah Dallman (nee Pendzich), daughter of Larry and Sheryl Pendzich, and sister of Maggie Pendzich. As home owners and landlords, Matthew and Hannah live, work, and play in Chicago.

Matthew credits his late grandmother Gertrude for early encouragement and ongoing inspiration in music. It was Gertrude who encouraged Matthew to first take up music, and to take piano lessons. His earliest musical memories are of sitting on the carpet at his grandparents' Shawano, WI, home, while Grandma improvised at her piano: absorbed in tones and alive as music.

Teachers

Matthew's ongoing composition teacher is W.A. Mathieu. Previously, Matthew studied Western classical contrapuntal traditions with Amy Wurtz (University of Minnesota), and voice-leading with Kyle Adams (Mannes University in New York City).

Matthew studied choral orchestration and conducting with James John (Queens College). He studied singing with Christine Deshur (Washington University), and has recently began a study of Hindustani singing technique.

Matthew studied jazz arranging with Dean Sorenson (head of the jazz department at the U of MN), as well as with James Allen (West Bank School of Music in Mpls), and Mark Davis (Wisconsin Conservatory of Music).

Matthew studied classical & jazz guitar with Joe Hagedorn (Minneapolis Guitar Quartet and UW-River Falls), Adam Larabee (New England Conservatory), and James Allen.

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