Faculty Profile

Degrees

BS, Hofstra Univ

Bio

Matthew Koraus (M.M., Composition, Manhattan School of Music, 2011; B.S., Music Theory and Composition, Hofstra University, 2009) is an Adjunct Instructor of Music at Hofstra University, where he as been teaching since 2011. He is also the Director of Music Ministries for the Church of St. Patrick in Huntington, NY, where he directs a 50-voice Adult Chorale and a 30- voice Youth Choir, produces an annual concert series, and accompanies the church?s numerous liturgies on two newly installed pipe organs by Sebastian Glück.

He has written an extensive amount of sacred music for both liturgy and concert, and a number of his liturgical works are published by CanticaNOVA Publications, MorningStar Music Publishers, Oregon Catholic Press, and World Library Publications (GIA).

Matthew holds the Fellowship Certification from the American Guild of Organists, and was the 2013 winner of both the Fellowship Prize and the S. Lewis Elmer Award offered by the Guild. He also holds the Guild?s Choir Master Certification and was the 2015 winner of the Choir Master Prize.

Matthew was a finalist in the 2014 National Competition in Organ Improvisation, and won the First Prize of the 2015 University of Michigan Improvisation Competition.

Matthew is a highly sought-after tenor, having worked with choirs at such Manhattan institutions as the Church of Saint Agnes, Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, and Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue. He is a founding member of the vocal quartet VOX AQUARUM.

Visit https://matthew-koraus.net for more information.

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