About Me
Greg Matteson is a collaborative pianist, music director, conductor, and arranger/composer.
Based in Atlanta, Greg can often be seen at the Alliance Theatre where he is the Music Director & Conductor/Pianist for the annual production of A Christmas Carol. He has had the pleasure to work on many productions at the Alliance including Millions (Assoc. Music Director), Maybe Happy Ending (Assoc. Music Director), Ride the Cyclone (Music Director & Piano/Cond.), Max Makes a Million (Copyist & Transcriber), and Ever After (Music Asst. & Keyboard).
Recently Greg conducted the Atlanta Opera Orchestra for Fiddler On The Roof, a joint production with the Alliance Theatre, and also served as Associate MD for their production of Rent. At City Springs Theatre Company Greg has worked on a number of shows including Legally Blonde (Piano/Cond.), Beauty and the Beast (Piano), Monty Python’s Spamalot (Music Director & Cond./Piano), A Chorus Line (Music Director & Cond.), West Side Story (Piano), The Color Purple (Piano), and The Sound of Music (Piano). Greg is an Artist Affiliate in Collaborative Piano at Emory University and collaborates at various other institutions in and around Atlanta in multiple capacities. He is a vocal coach, instructor, collaborative pianist, and chamber recitalist, and regularly performs in the metro area.
Teaching has always been one of Greg’s passions. He has taught all ages and levels of experience across the country and his students have received many awards and honors. As a cornerstone of his teaching philosophy, Greg adapts curricula to the specific needs and desires of each of his students in order to maximize learning and enjoyment.
Greg holds a BA in Piano from Emory University and an MM in Collaborative Piano from NYU Steinhardt. He is the recipient of the Steinway Society of Atlanta Scholarship and the John Philip Sousa Award. His award-winning arrangements and compositions have been featured in a variety of contexts from choirs and wind ensembles to video game soundtracks, and have received national acclaim (e.g. ICCA’s Outstanding Arrangement award and CASA’s Best Collaborative Recording award).