Welcome!
Welcome to my website! I am a London based Clarinettist and graduated with MA(Distinction) and DipRAM at the Royal Academy of Music July 2015. My studies were generously supported by The Countess of Munster Musical Trust Postgraduate Study Award and The Greenbank Scholarship. Here you can find more information about me, my upcoming engagements and repertoire. If you are interested in booking me for an engagement please contact me.
News
2021
See my Wigmore Hall debut, now viewable in the Youtube playlist below! (playlist menu in the ‘top right 3-line’ button below)
2020
Delighted to be a ‘Selected Artist’ in the new Making Music Guide P 41
UK-Russia Year of Music performance with Paraorchestra
2019
PLG Wigmore Hall 4* Review –
“remarkable talent… sensual, silky tone and virtuoso command” Evening Standard
Papay Sonata (On The Shoreline) – PLG commission by Gordon Crosse premiered by Matthew and Christine receives praise.
2018
Debut CD in the works with Christine Zerafa on Prima Facie records including PLG new commission by Gordon Crosse also Wigmore Hall Monday Platform Debut as Park Lane Group Young Artists
Selected to participate in Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Change Makers Ensemble’ BSO Resound.
2017
Thrilled to be selected as Making Music UK Selected Artist 2018-2019 as ‘Matthew Scott and Friends’ with my Duo Partners Dan King Smith and Christine Zerafa and Ensemble Mirage
I play C Clarinet on the critically acclaimed CD released June 2017 by Aldeburgh Strings and Winds under Nicholas Daniel available on Linn Records
2016
Ensemble Mirage are delighted to be selected as St John’s Smith Square 2016/17 Young Artists
Ensemble Mirage website launched.
SJSS Young Artists Booklet launched
2015
Graduated with MA Distinction and DipRAM
“Trio Mirage awarded Royal Academy of Music Chamber Music Fellowship 2015-16”
“Privileged to be a Wind Section Finalist in the 63rd Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition.”
Winner of Harold Craxton Prize for chamber ensembles with Julia Pusker and Alexandra Vaduva-Trio Mirage.
2014
“I am delighted to have been awarded places on both Making Music’s Philip and Dorothy Green Award for Young Concert Artists and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust Recital Scheme for the next concert season. Also to be Wind Finalist and overall 2nd Prize Winner of the 34th Bromsgrove International Young Musicians Competition, and Wind Category 1st Prize Winner in the 2014 Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition.” 
Diary of Events
- 17th June 2021, Aylesbury Lunchtime Music, Ensemble Mirage – Quartet
- 9th September 2021, Aylesbury Lunchtime Music, Ensemble Mirage – Octet
- 14th October 2021, Aylesbury Lunchtime Music, Ensemble Mirage – Quintet
Past Events
- March 2020, Hertford Music Club – Ensemble Mirage – Clarinet Quintet
- March 2020, Orion Orchestra – The Soul of Russia
- March 2020, RNS Moves at CoMA Festival, Sage Gateshead
- February 2020, Canterbury Music Club – Ensemble Mirage – Septet
- February 2020, Paraorchestra Anatomy of the Orchestra, The Garage, Gorky Park Moscow
- January 2020, Oxshott and Cobham Music Society, Ensemble Mirage – Clarinet Quintet
- January 2020, Peter and the Wolf with Chamberhouse Winds
- November 2019, Tilford Bach Society – Ensemble Mirage – Octet/Septet
- November 2019, Ripley Recitals – Ensemble Mirage – Clarinet Quintets
- October 2019, Fast Forward Festival with BSO Resound
- October 2019, Peter and the Wolf with Chamberhouse Winds
- September and 1st October 2019, British ParaOrchestra: Minimalism Changed My Life: Tones Drones and Arpeggios, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Bridgewater Hall
- September 2019, British ParaOrchestra: The Anatomy of the Orchestra, Fairfield Halls
- September 2019, Langton Concerts – Ensemble Mirage – Clarinet Quintets
- September 2019, The Wight Proms
- Aberystwyth Musicfest, Orion Orchestra 28th July-4th Aug , Orion Concerts 31st July and 3rd August
- August 2019, BSO Resound Prom in the Park
- July 2019, BSO Resound Relaxed Concert
- June 2019, Marylebone Music Festival at Wigmore Hall
- June 2019 Chiswick Proms
- May 2019, Richmond Concert Society – Ensemble Mirage – Sextet
- May 2019, Iffley Concert Society – Ensemble Mirage – Trio
- April 2019, Orion Orchestra – Alpha and Omega 5 Cadogan Hall – including Beethoven Symphony No.9
- April 2019, Lavenham Sinfonia – Mozart Clarinet Concerto
- April 2019, Bexley Music Society – Evening Recital with Daniel King Smith
- March 2019, Derby Chamber Music Society – Ensemble Mirage – Quartet
- March 2019, Amersham Concert Club – Ensemble Mirage – Evening Recital – Trio
- February 2019, Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire Concert Society – Ensemble Mirage – Quintet
- January 2019, Witney Music Club – Ensemble Mirage – Evening Recital – Sextet
- January 2019, Wigmore Hall Monday Platform – Park Lane Group Young Artists‘ recital with Christine Zerafa
- December 2018, St Martin in the Fields – Lunchtime Park Lane Group Young Artists’ recital with Christine Zerafa
- November 2018, Oxford Chamber Music Society – Ensemble Mirage – Octet/Septet
- November 2018, Aylesbury Lunchtime Music – Ensemble Mirage – Lunchtime recital – Octet
- November 2018, Orion Orchestra – Night Under the Stars – Royal Festival Hall
- October 2018, Hoddesdon Music Club – Ensemble Mirage – Evening Recital – Octet/Septet
- October 2018, St John’s Smith Square Americana ’18 – Ensemble Mirage – Early Evening Recital – Quintet/Trio
- October 2018, Orion Orchestra – Alpha and Omega 3 – Cadogan Hall
- August 2018, BBC Relaxed Prom – BSO Resound – Royal Albert Hall
- August 2018, Wight Proms
- August 2018, BSO Relaxed Prom in the Park, Bournemouth and BSO Classical Extravaganza
- July-August 2018, Orion Orchestra at Aberystwyth MusicFest
- July 2018, Americana ’18 – Saint John’s Smith Square – American Day celebrations – Solo
- June 2018, Orion Orchestra, Noisy Notes
- June 2018, BSO Resound and BSO Participate Schools tours
- May 2018, Aylesbury Lunchtime Music – Ensemble Mirage – Lunchtime Recital- Septet
- May 2018, Orion Orchestra, Cadogan Hall Urology Foundation Charity Gala Concert
- May 2018, Ripley Recitals Association -Evening recital with Christine Zerafa
- May 2018, Orion Orchestra – Alpha and Omega 2 – Cadogan Hall
- May 2018, St Martin in the Fields – Lunchtime PLG recital with Christine Zerafa
- April 2018, Redbridge Music Society – Evening recital with Christine Zerafa
- March 2018, Chichester Chamber Concerts – Ensemble Mirage – Evening recital – Quintets
- March 2018, Royal Overseas League AMC Mixed Ensemble Final – Ensemble Mirage
- March 2018, Darlington Music Society – Evening recital with Christine Zerafa
- January 2018, St Matthew’s Westminster – Solo Lunchtime recital
- January 2018, Chester Music Society – Evening recital with Daniel King Smith
- December 2017, Oxshott and Cobham Music Society – Ensemble Mirage – Evening recital
- October 2017, Radlett Music Club – Ensemble Mirage – Evening recital
- September 2017, St James’s Piccadilly – PLG Lunchtime Recital with Christine Zerafa
- September 2017, Tunnell Trust Award Finalist, Duo with Christine Zerafa
- July 2017, Orion Orchestra at Aberystwyth MusicFest
- July 2017, Kings Lynn Festival, Brahms Clarinet Quintet – with Gildas Quartet
- July 2017, Bishop Aukland Music Society – Evening recital with Daniel King Smith
- July 2017, Wind Quintet at Mercers’Hall Private function
- July 2017, Mozart Clarinet Concerto with Oxford Sinfonia
- June 2017, Orion Orchestra -Marylebone Music Festival
- June 2017, St John’s Smith Square – Ensemble Mirage – Afternoon recital SJSS Young Artists
- May 2017, PLG Young Artists Series at St Margaret’s Westminster – Lunchtime Recital with Christine Zerafa
- April 2017, PLG Young Artists Series at St John’s Smith Square – Gordon Crosse in Conversation – Evening recital with Christine Zerafa
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