Matt
Barbier (CIM-BM/CalArts- MFA)
is an LA based trombonist and composer focused
primarily in the field of experimental
intonation and noise music. Working collaboratively with composers such as Wolfgang
von Schweinitz, Ulrich Krieger and Douglas Wadle, he
eagerly engages with the emerging field of just intonation for brass
instruments. Trio Kobayashi, of
which he is a founding member, is dedicated to performing the music
of Wolfgang von Schweinitz. This ensemble continues to evolve through
relationships with composers including Larry Polansky, Marc Sabat, Jürg Frey, Rosalie Hirs and Nicholas Deyoe.
Independently, Matt has been privileged to work
directly with composers Ben Johnston, David Lang, Jürg Frey, and Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies in performances of their music. He has completed
residencies at Dartington International Summer School, Hamburg's KlangWerkTage, Berlin's 7Hours and for the
Atrux Collective. With Trio Kobayashi, Matt is currently completing a composition department residency at UCSD. Matt presented a master class at the University
of British Columbia and guest lectures at CalArts and Simon Fraser University. Additionally he was a fellow for the Bang on a Can Summer Festival in 2008 and 2011. With CalArts' New Century Players Matt participated in the long overdue premiere of James Tenney's Clang as well as the U.S. premiere of Gerard Grisey's Les Espaces Acoustiques. Matt also performs locally with the new music collective wildUp!.
His trombone teachers include Rick Stout, Jim Miller, Alex Iles and Dick Erb. He studied composition with Ulrich Krieger and Wolfgang von Schweinitz.
