Biography

Matt Hare is well known as a performer and educator. He is on faculty at the University of California at Irvine, Concordia University, Saddleback College, and is a string coach at Irvine, Laguna Hills, Trabuco Hills, and San Clemente high schools. He frequently gives recitals and master classes that often include his own transcriptions and arrangements.

Previously he was first director of educational programs at Lemur Music, a retailer that specializes in the double bass. He has been on faculty at Luther, Cornell, and Wartburg Colleges and the Lutheran Summer Music Academy and Festival.

Dr. Hare freelances with many ensembles in Southern California, including the San Bernardino and San Diego Symphonies. He has been a regular member of the bass sections of the Quad Cities and Peoria Symphonies, and has played in the sections of many symphonies in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

He holds a BA from Bloomsburg University, an MM from Butler University, and a DMA from the University of Iowa. His major teachers were Mark R. Jelinek, Diana Gannett, David Murray, and Volkan Orhon.