About
Matthew is currently Principal Harpist with Portland Opera, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Vancouver Symphony, and Boise Philharmonic, while also serving first call 2nd Harpist with Oregon Symphony. His performances have been acclaimed at premier concert venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and across the nation where Matthew has served as Acting Principal Harpist with the Utah Symphony/Utah Opera and permanent guest artist and substitute harpist with Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony/Utah Opera, Oregon Symphony, Spokane Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and Anchorage Symphony. He regularly performs at prestigious summer music festivals including Grand Teton Music Festival, Lakes Area Music Festival, Deer Valley Music Festival, and McCall Summer Musicfest. He has performed with James Taylor, Kristin Chenoweth, Ben Folds, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Johnny Mathis, Emmanuel Pahud, and other leading musical icons. Matthew participated in a premier of John Luther Adams' "Become Desert" with Seattle Symphony and joined them on tour with this work. He has recorded with Seattle Symphony and Utah Symphony. Matthew holds teaching posts as Adjunct Professor of Harp with The University of Portland and Reed College. As a member of the American Harp Society and Vice-President of the Boise Chapter, he gave honorarium recitals with Connecticut Chapter of the American Harp Society and Lyon & Healy West. Matthew has performed concertos with Utah Symphony, Boise Philharmonic, Boise Baroque Orchestra, Chamber Music of the Springs, Washington Idaho Symphony, and Nova Chamber Music Series. He received a perfect score for a grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts in 2012. Matthew is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard’s Pre College and is tremendously grateful for his mentors, especially Deborah Hoffman, former Principal Harpist of the Metropolitan Opera, and Emily Oppenheimer, former Juilliard Pre College Harp Professor. Matthew is based in Portland, Oregon.
Oregon Ballet Theatre
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker
Dec 7-26
Portland, OR
Therapeutic Harp Sound Bath
Wed Dec 19th At 7pm
Yogasmith
Seattle, WA
Utah Symphony
Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite
Symanowski’s 1st Violin Concerto
Strauss Jr’s Overture to Gypsy Baron and Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Jan 4 & 5, 2019 at 7:30pm
Utah Symphony
Fung’s Dust Devils
Jan 11 & 12, 2019 at 7:30pm
Boise Philharmonic
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Jan 18 & 19, 2019
Riverside Hotel Brunch
Jan 19 & 20th from 9am-12pm
Oregon Symphony
Unsuk Chin’s Violin Concerto
Jan 26-28, 2019
Utah Symphony
Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique
Feb 1 & 2, 2019 at 7:30pm
Oregon Ballet Theatre
Prokofiev’s Cinderella
Feb 16-23, 2019
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Symphony
Mar 2 & 3, 2019
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
E.T. The Extraterrestrial in Concert
Mar 8 & 9, 2019 at 7:30pm
Washington Idaho Symphony
Mozart Flute & Harp Concerto
Mar 23 & 24, 2019
Boise Phil
Hollywood Hits!
Mar 29 & 30, 2019
Live Harp at Brunch
March 30 & 31st, 9am-12pm
Riverside Hotel, Boise ID
Colorado Springs Philharmonic
Mussorgsky’s Songs & Dances of Death
Apr 6 & 7, 2019
Vancouver Symphony
Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade
Apr 13 & 14, 2019
Riverside Hotel Brunch
Live Harp Music
Apr 20 & 21, 9am-12pm
Boise, ID
Boise Phil
Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, Adams’ The Chairman Dances, and Sean Shepher’s Songs
Apr 26 & 27, 2019
Riverside Hotel Brunch
Apr 27 & 28, 9am-12pm
Boise, ID
Portland Opera
Big Night Concert
May 11, 2019 at 7:30pm
Harp Lessons
Private Lessons
Matthew is Adjunct Professor of Harp at University of Portland and Reed College. He has previously held teaching posts at the Weber State University in Utah and Northwest Nazarene University in Idaho.
Matthew holds a Bachelor Of Music Degree from Manhattan School Of Music and is a graduate of Juilliard’s Pre College Program. He has taken masterclasses and coachings with the top harp professors and performing harpists in the world.
He has a thriving private teaching studio “Harpitecture by Matthew Tutsky.”
Matthew is also the harp coach for Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.Contact Matthew for in studio, Skype and at home lesson rates and my teaching policy.
Harp at College
Links to study with Matthew at University of Portland and Reed College in Portland, Oregon:
Harp at College
Links to study with Matthew at University of Portland and Reed College in Portland, Oregon:
Breakfast at Tutsky's
Popular brunch favorites on solo harp.
Bon appetit!
Therapeutic Harp
Matthew is currently completing his training as a therapeutic harp practitioner in Christina Tourin’s International Harp Therapy Program.He is a frequent therapeutic harp practitioner at Yogasmith in Seattle, Liberate Hollywood in Los Angeles, and Hollywood Yoga in Boise. Matthew also works with a team of somatic healers, massage therapists, and wellness specialists for healing retreats and collaborations.
Book Matthew for a group or private therapeutic sound bath for deep relaxation, inner listening and revitalizing the body and mind. Pricing for bookings for art/harp installations and healing retreats will vary on each individual project.
- Harp therapy is an ancient discipline, with different interpretations and operational models around the world. All of them have in common the use of the Harp as a means to connect with the Inner Self, soothe, relieve stress and pain and give emotional stability, psychological structure and a...
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