I can't express enough my gratitude to you for your encouragement and everything you have helped me with... I know that you will continually be a special force in many people's lives.

- Joy Fellows (Assistant Principal, Indianapolis Symphony)

     Matthew Dane is an inspired teacher! I always love to work with Dr. Dane's students because they are thoroughly technically prepared, musically expressive, and personally confident.

- Karen Ritscher (Professor, Oberlin Conservatory)

 

Matthew Dane is currently on the teaching faculty at:

• Metropolitan State College of Denver

• University of Colorado

• Texas Music Festival

• Rocky Ridge Music Center

Dane earned tenure as Associate Professor of Viola at the University of Oklahoma (2000-2007), and was previously a teaching assistant at both Rice University's Shepherd School and Amherst College.

He has served on the faculties of many summer festivals, including Heifetz Institute (Wolfeboro, NH), Green Mountain Festival (Burlington, VT), Musicorda (S. Hadley, MA), Sierra Festival (Mammoth Lakes, CA- for adult amateurs), American Festival for the Arts (Houston, TX), and Greenwood Music Camp (Cummington, MA).

Masterclasses have been given at the 33rd International Viola Congress (Iceland), University of Houston, Gustavus College (MN), University of Arkansas, OK Mozart Festival, Brigham Young University, University of California- Santa Barbara, Texas Christian University, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Colorado.

Dane has served as an adjudicator for national competitions including the Primrose International Viola Competition, and has judged many regional solo and chamber competitions as well.