#  Matthew Ricketts 

 

 



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Matthew Ricketts is a Canadian composer currently based in NYC. Matthew’s music has been called “lyrical, contrapuntal, rhythmically complex and highly nuanced” (*The American Academy of Arts and Letters*) and is noted for his “effervescent and at times prickly sounds,” “hypnotically churning exploration of melody” (*ICareIfYouListen)* as well as its “tart harmonies and perky sputterings” (*The New York Times*). He is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow, in addition to receiving fellowships and residencies from Bogliasco Foundation (2023), Millay (2022), Civitella Ranieri (2021) and MacDowell (2019; 2022). Particularly drawn to collaborative endeavors, Matthew has worked on a wide range of interdisciplinary projects, including scoring the feature film *Glob Lessons* (2021 Tribeca Film Festival official selection), dance projects with choreographers Michael Spencer Philips (Site-Specific Dances), Brendan Drake and Jennifer Nichols, and a variety of vocal/opera/musical-theater projects with writers Mark Campbell, Royce Vavrek, Mark Wunderlich, Alain Farah and Tomson Highway.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Commission Date
    
     [2024](/commission-date/2024)
- ## Composer
    
     [Ricketts, Matthew](/composer/ricketts-matthew)
- ## Commissions
    
     [Past Commissions](/pastcommisions)