John Robert Matz

John Robert Matz was immersed in music from the day he was born. The son of two musicians, a creative seed was planted at an early age that drove him to create, to externalize the music that echoed in his head. By the age of nine he was writing short pieces for piano and by middle school he had moved to hymn arrangements for concert band. In his high school years he began writing music for student films and stage productions, becoming the student composer-in-residence of the award-winning Schaumburg Youth Symphony Orchestra.