Matt Reed is
an actor, singer, performer & multi-instrumentalist and has been
working professionally in the Chicago area since childhood. In this
time Matt has performed, recorded, toured or sat-in with a variety of
musical acts such as Paul K and Weathermen, Chris Mills, James Moody,
Judy Roberts, Placido Domingo and Mr. Blotto. After completing Second
City’s Conservatory Program, Matt has also busied himself writing and
performing improv/sketch comedy shows at Comedy Sportz and at Second
City’s Donny’s Skybox Theater. His comedic music trio, The Listening
Zoo, is set to release a double album December of 2008.
Additionally,
Matt is also a singer-songwriter, composer and arranger. Since
releasing his first solo album, “Where the Pale Girls Go,” Matt has
composed music for dance, theater and film. Matt co-wrote the music
and assumed the role of Nick Bottom in Ill Met By Moonlight and
performed, co-wrote the music and was Co-Music Director of Billy the
Mountain and Other Wartime Stories (both shows produced by Striding
Lion Interarts Workshop).
More recently, Matt has composed
tunes for a newly developed musical “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,”
co-scored music for a 45 minute dance piece entitled, “The Jenkins Farm
Project,” and his music be heard throughout, “Hosoi” a recent
documentary about skateboard legend Christian Hosoi.
Matt’s
performances and compositions have received accolades from such
magazines at The Reader, Daily Candy, Time Out, Sun Times and The
Village Voice.
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Matt Reed is an actor, singer, performer & multi-instrumentalist and has been working professionally in the Chicago area since childhood. In this time Matt has performed, recorded, toured or sat-in with a variety of musical acts such as Paul K and Weathermen, Chris Mills, James Moody, Judy Roberts, Placido Domingo and Mr. Blotto. After completing Second City’s Conservatory Program, Matt has also busied himself writing and performing improv/sketch comedy shows at Comedy Sportz and at Second City’s Donny’s Skybox Theater. His comedic music trio, The Listening Zoo, is set to release a double album December of 2008.
Additionally, Matt is also a singer-songwriter, composer and arranger. Since releasing his first solo album, “Where the Pale Girls Go,” Matt has composed music for dance, theater and film. Matt co-wrote the music and assumed the role of Nick Bottom in Ill Met By Moonlight and performed, co-wrote the music and was Co-Music Director of Billy the Mountain and Other Wartime Stories (both shows produced by Striding Lion Interarts Workshop).
More recently, Matt has composed tunes for a newly developed musical “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,” co-scored music for a 45 minute dance piece entitled, “The Jenkins Farm Project,” and his music be heard throughout, “Hosoi” a recent documentary about skateboard legend Christian Hosoi.
Matt’s performances and compositions have received accolades from such magazines at The Reader, Daily Candy, Time Out, Sun Times and The Village Voice.
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