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Matt

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About Me

On June 14, 2007, I officially earned my Doctorate of Musical Arts from UCLA and thus became Dr. Matt Hoormann.
Or Matt Hoormann, D.M.A.
I am currently a gigging musician in the St. Louis area. When I'm not playing, I'm probably teaching private lessons.
Aside from trombone, I enjoy just about every other facet of creative arts. I like to paint, draw, sculpt, build models, take pictures, digitally manipulate those photos...I've even been known to break out into random spontaneous dance. Not that it's any sort of GOOD dancing, but, hey, it's all in the name of fun.
I'm married to a beautiful and amazing woman, Kim, whose passion for her work inspires me every day. We have 2 cats, Cali and Duncan, 2 crested geckos, Wash and Zoe, and a snake named Regular Snake ("Reggie").
Check out the "video" section to see me with the Jim Widner Big Band!
For more "me", check out my web page at http://www.matthoormann.com .

My Interests

Playing the trombone, composing, web design, graphic design, acting, playing video/computer games. A little bit o' everything!

I'd like to meet:

God, John Williams, Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Zach Braff, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Aniston, Natalie Portman, Nathan Fillion (again).
Or anybody interesting, for that matter...

Music:

The jazz masters: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Mel Torme.
The jazz trombonists: Frank Rosolino, Curtis Fuller, Conrad Herwig, J.J. Johnson, Kai Winding.
Classically speaking: Gustav Mahler, Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gustav Holst, Igor Stravinsky, to name a few.
In new music: just about anything that shows evidence of the artists actually trying to contribute something to the world and not just spin something out of a musical cookiecutter: U2, Coldplay, Seal, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, The Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Tool, The Fray, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, etc.

Movies:

The Star Wars Saga, Serenity, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, The Back to the Future Trilogy, Gladiator, The Emperor's New Groove, Liar Liar, The Princess Bride.

Television:

The Unit, NCIS, Firefly (no longer on-air), Law & Order: SVU, Numb3rs, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, Family Guy, Pushing Daisies, and Chuck.

Books:

Currently Reading: nothing

Heroes:

My grandpa and my mom and dad.

My Blog

Writer’s Block

A lot has happened since I last posted a blog, but I can't really force myself to put them into words.  So, here are a few bullet points:- moved to St. Louis.  Apartment is just okay.- worke...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 12 May 2008 03:16:00 PST

LA People - FURNITURE SALE!!!

Hey gang, As you may know, my wife and I are moving to St. Louis before the end of the year and I have less than a week to pack up on my own and get rid of some furniture. I've got: 2 IKEA barstoo...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:20:00 PST

News, News, News!

Good morning everyone!Things are crazy busy right now and here's why:Kim and I are moving back to St. Louis!As in RIGHT NOW.2008 will be a year of many new exciting things for me - be on the lookout f...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:15:00 PST

Website updates and news!

Hey all!I've made a bunch of updates to my website - mostly little things in the Bio, Calendar, and Links pages.The news is that it's almost certain that I'll be performing and serving on faculy with ...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:28:00 PST

New pets!

I've been lazy about posting this, but my wife and I adopted two baby crested geckos!I don't have many good photos (Lord knows not NEARLY as sweet as StolenMilkCrate's threads in The Studio), but here...
Posted by Matt on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:26:00 PST

Never posting...

I've been really bad about posting to LiveJournal/MySpace lately and this is bad.Not 'bad' as in my life is bad.  My life is great.What's bad is that there have been many great things that have h...
Posted by Matt on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:03:00 PST

Long time coming...

The past few weeks have been absolutely nuts.My wonderful family was here two weeks ago, to celebrate my graduation and MAN I was so excited to have everyone out! Roster:GrandmaDadMomRyanKristenUncle ...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:58:00 PST

Tomato/Potato

As of June 14, 2007, I am officially Dr. Matt Hoormann.  Or Matt Hoormann, D.M.A.  For those of you who have asked what the difference is between DMA and PhD,allow me to explain.  DMA, ...
Posted by Matt on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:47:00 PST

I'm a Doctor now.

Monday morning I filed my dissertation and thus ended my academic career. I have obtained the pinnacle of education. I officially have my Doctorate of Musical Arts degree! Doesn't really feel like it...
Posted by Matt on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:51:00 PST

Dissertation Defense!

So my dissertation defense was today.2 hours of hard-nosed questioning about my 60 page paper. And I passed!This weekend will be filled with me making final changes to my paper - it gets filed on Mond...
Posted by Matt on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:57:00 PST