Matthew Golombisky

Piano Instructor
Bass Instructor

Matthew Golombisky
was born and raised
in Durham and Hillsborough, North Carolina. He started playing bugle and cornet at an early age. Matthew attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville where he studied acoustic/electric bass performance, jazz, and classical music. He graduated with the award of Distinction in Music in May of 2001. 

Based in New Orleans Matthew was a full-time working musician, and successful educator. His accomplishments landed him several recordings of which have been heard worldwide. This sought after educator established his studio which produced several students who were accepted to the prestigious New Orleans Center of Creative Arts (NOCCA). He has organized public concerts and recording sessions for many of his students.

In the spring of 2004, Matthew started a Master’s program at the University of New Orleans (UNO) in Music Composition with Dr. Jerry Sieg. In August 2005, he was forced out of New Orleans because of hurricane Katrina, and currently resides in Chicago where he is a steadily performing bassist, working composer and educator, continuing to play with several groups from New Orleans as well as newly formed groups based in Chicago. Recently, he has put together a large ensemble consisting of 19 performers, playing all original and freshly composed music called the Tomorrow Music Orchestra. He attended Northwestern in the fall of '05 and completed his Master's of Music in Composition from UNO in May of '06.