Matt aims to facilitate comfort, enjoyment, and growth in his pupils’ studies, utilizing their strengths in order to improve their weaknesses. He specializes in classical guitar, but plays many styles of music across a variety of stringed instruments, with knowledge of piano, accordion, and a handful of other instruments as well. His studies in guitar under Don Hlus and Stanton Jack at Kwantlen Polytechnic University introduced an intensive approach to the guitar, solidifying many staples in classical guitar repertoire, alongside technique and fretboard knowledge. Music theory, another strength in his pedagogical repertoire, was learned through an array of professors at Kwantlen, concentrating on classical, jazz, and post tonal techniques.