MATT SAVAGE: PIANO VOYAGES TO BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 14TH Matt Savage: Piano Voyages is Matt’s 12th album. To celebrate its release there will be a tour kicking off on October 19 at the Regattabar in Cambridge, Massachusetts – one…
Yukon 2016
On June 8, 2016, I played in Canada’s Yukon for the first time. And it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that this trip changed my life. The Yukon is a truly untouched forest territory- with an exciting little city…
Blog- November 2015
Hello again, and happy fall. I have a busy season coming up, including a major performance in New York City on November 14 at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 3 (located on the Lower East Side). The show was originally scheduled…
Blog- September 2015
I’m so excited to have started the fall music season already. There are all sorts of new teaching and performance opportunities already, including a few club dates in Boston and New York (first stop: Cambridge, MA’s Lilypad on Monday, September…
Matt Savage’s Master’s Recital- “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel
Here’s another video from my Master’s degree recital at Manhattan School of Music… it’s a jazz rendition of a 20th-century classical music masterpiece, Maurice Ravel’s “Bolero.” This was recorded on April 10, 2015 in Manhattan School of Music’s Miller Recital…
Blog- May 2015
Blog- May 2015 It’s been such a long journey, but I am now done with my studies at Manhattan School of Music. I am officially a Master of Music in Jazz Piano as of this May. It’s an honor to…
Matt Savage’s Master’s Recital- “Ask Me Now” by Thelonious Monk
Here’s a solo piano version of a jazz standard by one of my all-time favorite jazz pianists. This is “Ask Me Now” by Thelonious Monk. This was recorded on April 10, 2015 during my Master’s degree recital at Manhattan School…
Blog- November 2014
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you are all enjoying the holiday season. It’s been a long time since the last blog, but that’s because lots of cool things have happened recently. This Sunday afternoon, I’ll be performing in Baltimore at…
Blog- March 2014
Blog- March 2014 It’s been an exciting second semester for me as a graduate student (Manhattan School of Music) and teacher (the McCarton School). This month I’ve also spent time in New England with family and friends during spring break. …
Matt Savage- Prelude No. 11 in Bb Major
This is my Prelude in Bb Major, the eleventh of a cycle of 24 preludes (one in each key) that were premiered in New York in September 2014. The preludes are an homage to Rachmaninoff’s similar cycle. This Bb Major…
