2024 - Present
Leading Princeton Playhouse
Composed original pieces and arranged several musical theater numbers for 50+ person choir and orchestra in concerts featuring GRAMMY nominated artists such as Becca Stevens and Broadway stars such as Andrew Barth Feldman.
2024
"Knight Serve!" with Darcy James Argue
Composed a 7-minute original piece for big band, conducted by multi-Grammy nominated bandleader Darcy James Argue and recorded by the best session musicians in the NYC area (Frank Greene on 1st trumpet).
2023
MD'ing CHICAGO the Musical
Directed music aspects of a full-scale production of "CHICAGO" the Musical. Rehearsed and conducted a 25-piece orchestra, and played solo trumpet, while also collaborating on set design and mixing all on-stage audio.
2022
The "Shanghaied" Soundtrack
Recorded a 16-song album from the original musical "Shanghaied" with original cast and orchestra after its 3 successful production runs in 2021 at the Huiyin Theater in Shanghai. Composed all score and lyrics, mixed all recording tracks.
2021
"Works of Matthew Cline"
Charity Recital
Presented a concert recital of a dozen original works to raise over RMB12,000 (USD1,900) for cancer research. Compositions ranged from solo piano to contemporary marimba duets to jazz arrangements.
2020
"Wuhan, We Are With You"
Composed a song with Chinese lyrics and produced an online music video to raise over RMB120,000 (USD19,000) for under-funded Wuhan hospitals in the very early days of the COVID Pandemic.
2016 - 2019
Assistant Conductorship and Composer in Residence for the New Shanghai Orchestra
