Background
McConnell, Matthew Stephen was born on December 1, 1980 in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stephen Earl and Patricia Ann McConnell.
McConnell, Matthew Stephen was born on December 1, 1980 in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stephen Earl and Patricia Ann McConnell.
Bachelor in Music, Bennington College, 2003. Master of Music in Composition, New England Conservatory, 2005. Doctor of Music, New England Conservatory, 2009.
Organist St. Andrew's Epsicopal Chapel, North Adams, Massachusetts, 1996—2003. Organist, choir director 1st Baptist Church, Cheshire, 1998—1999. Assistant instructor composition Bennington College, Vermont, 2002.
Music copyist Ricky Ian Gordon, 2002—2004. Teaching fellow New England Conservatory Music, since 2006. Minister music Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, Malden, Massachusetts, since 2008.
Private tutor, Boston, since 2003. Freelance organist, since 2003. Co-founder, performer The Toyland Band, Boston, since 2004.
Benefit concert organist Salvation Army, North Adams, Massachusetts, 1999, Berkshire Food Project, 2000, C.O.D.Y. Youth Project, 2001. Member of American Guild Organists.