Matthew Beck

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Matthew Beck currently serves as Principal Percussionist with the Canton Symphony Orchestra in Ohio, and the West Michigan Symphony in Muskegon, MI. He teaches percussion at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI and has performed often with the Grand Rapids Symphony and many other orchestras throughout the Midwest.  Mr. Beck received his B.M. from the Cleveland Institute of Music as a student of Richard Weiner and Paul Yancich of the Cleveland Orchestra, and he graduated with a M.M. from DePaul University as a student of Ted Atkatz from the Chicago Symphony. He has spent his summers performing at many of the world's great music festivals including the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, Pacific Music Festival (Japan), and the Spoleto USA Festival.