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Matthew Henson, originally from Kennesaw, Georgia, is a bassist, theorist, and conductor of classical, contemporary, and experimental music.  In 2020, Matthew graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Double Bass Performance and a minor in Contemporary Music Theory and Applied Composition, studying with Todd Seeber and Efstratios Minakakis, respectively.  While in Boston, he performed with many New England orchestras, including Symphony New Hampshire, the Cambridge Symphony, the Pierre Monteux Festival Orchestra, and was the principal of the Boston Civic Symphony.  Beyond the orchestra, he is a founding member of and the bassist for Alinéa, a chamber ensemble devoted to contemporary performance.  As a theorist, Matthew has focused on the music of Rebecca Saunders, exploring its unique forms and motivic usages.  As a conductor, Matthew has been an Associate at the Conductor’s Institute of South Carolina and has performed with NEC orchestras, choirs, and chamber ensembles, conducting standard and contemporary repertoire, including numerous premiers of works by NEC colleagues.  Currently, he is a graduate student at UC San Diego, studying Contemporary Double Bass Performance with Mark Dresser.