Matt Conner

“romantic music…ablaze with feeling”, Peter Marks, The Washington Post

“…the payoff is in the music.” Jolene Munch, Metroweekly

“The music…oh…the music…so beautiful. This is a show with a big future and Matt Conner will be heard of many times in the future.”
Charles Shubow, Broadwayworld.com

“The songs range from lovely ballads that bear a whisper of Sondheim to rousing anthems and poem-songs blending strains of gospel, pop and rock.” Michael J. Toscano, The Washington Post

“…a score of remarkable consistency.” Brad Hathaway, Potomac Stages

Matt Conner has been performing, composing, teaching and music directing in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area for the last ten years. His affiliations include Signature Theatre, Synetic Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Actors Theatre of Washington, Young Playwrights and Creative Cauldron, Inc. He has been seen on stage as Scotty in Merrily We Roll Along (Signature Theatre), Toby in Witches of Eastwick (Signature Theatre), Steward in Into the Woods (Signature Theatre), John Hinckley in Assassins (Signature Theatre), Tamate in Pacific Overtures (Signature Theatre), Riff in West Side Story (Olney Theatre Center) and The Page of Herodias in Oscar Wilde’s Salome (Synetic Theatre) to name a few. Mr. Conner received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music Theatre from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and has Music Directed numerous shows including Brigadoon, Grease, Crazy for You, Shenandoah and his original score of A Christmas Carol. Matt’s world premiere musical, Nevermore, was produced at Signature Theatre in 2006 (orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick). He recently wrote the book/lyrics/music to A gay Christmas Carols for the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C. produced December 2007 and a new commissioned work for the Signature Theatre entitled Crossing, which had it’s first reading October 2007. Mr. Conner is also working on a commissioned children’s show called The King of Pizza, about diversity and working together. Matt is also a proud voice on the Grammy award winning recording of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem and an Actors Equity Association member.

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