Matt Richard, classical piano-Ken Manzer, jazz piano-Dr. Billy Taylor, workshops/performance master classes-Max Roach, Marian McPartland, and Michael Brecker, accompanist-Jazz In July Workshops, UMASS, Amherst, 1985-2006.

Performances over the past forty years as a soloist and with many different ensembles including jazz vocal legend Sheila Jordan, and Dick Johnson and The Artie Shaw Band.

Jazz recordings include Hawthorne Street Connection, Talking To Myself, Off Season, The Jazz Club, and All The Colors. 

Matt currently provides accompaniments at Our Lady of Peace Church in Somerset/Swansea, MA and resides in his hometown of Fairhaven with his wife Kristine Daniels.