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Matt Kowalski is a vibraphonist and a composer based in Providence, Rhode Island. Matt holds a Bachelor's Degree in Percussion Performance from SUNY Fredonia and a Master’s Degree in Percussion Performance from Queens College. Throughout his time as a student and as a professional, he has assisted in the premieres of new works by living composers. As a soloist, he's performed at the New School’s Centennial Celebration of John Cage’s MUSICIRCUS and the MuSE Festival in Long Island City. As an ensemble member, he has collaborated with world-renowned artists like Mike "Maz" Maher, Makoto Nakura, Valerie Naranjo, and Dewa Alit. He performs his music regularly in the New England area with his trio and quartet.

Matt's art is focused on how people interact and relate through music. It is often representative of specific relationships he has with other musicians and focuses on how solidarity can be reinforced through communal artistic expression. His art also confronts our relationships with technology and the differences between putting technology to work and working with technology towards an artistic goal, mirroring the relationships that we might like to have with each other as artists and workers.