Matt Savage

I have taught at every level of public education ranging from elementary to the college level. Along with teaching in public education, I have more than 35 years of experience playing, teaching, and arranging in the marching percussion field. This experience includes playing snare drum with the legendary Bayonne Bridgemen and serving as the percussion director and arranger for the Anaheim Velvet Knights, Dutchboy, Jersey Surf, and the Bluecoats. My virtuosic snare drum performances can be heard on Row-Loff Publications’ Rudimental Cookbook and Just Desserts.

At the collegiate level, I served as percussion instructor for the USC Trojan Marching Band and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I served as Assistant Director of University Bands.

I’ve been heavily involved with the WGI indoor percussion activity as an adjudicator and served on the WGI Percussion Steering Committee. My publication, “Savage Rudimental Workshop,” is a state-of-the-art, rudimentary development book published by Alfred Music. It is used worldwide.

I am also the founder and director of the Matt Savage Marching Percussion Camp, which takes place every summer in the Carolinas.

Along with being a marching percussion specialist, I am a Remo hand drum artist and drum circle facilitator leading drum circles for a variety of local, national, and international events with my company, Rhythm Alive. I am also a proud clinician and endorser for Sabian Cymbals; The Yamaha Corporation; Remo, Inc.; and Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets.