Matt LaRocca is a composer, performer and educator living in Burlington, VT. He is the Creative Chair of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, teaches theory and composition at the University of Vermont and is the music director of the Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also the director of Music-COMP, an organization that teaches composition to hundreds of students throughout Vermont and the United States.
Matt's music has been commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Youth Symphony and more. He also works as an arranger for rock bands and has created orchestral arrangements for artists such as Guster (his work can be heard on their OMAGAH! album), Kat Wright, Haux and Henry Jamison. In addition to composing, Matt is an active performer on both the guitar and viola.
Matt's music has been commissioned by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Youth Symphony and more. He also works as an arranger for rock bands and has created orchestral arrangements for artists such as Guster (his work can be heard on their OMAGAH! album), Kat Wright, Haux and Henry Jamison. In addition to composing, Matt is an active performer on both the guitar and viola.
