Matthew Peyton Dixon has been performing and writing music professionally since the age of 16, getting his start playing percussion with the Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps from 2001-2003. He received a B.A. in Percussion Performance at the acclaimed school of music, the University of North Texas, in 2009. While attending undergrad, Mr. Dixon studied everything he could from jazz, classical, drumline, world percussion, and anything else percussive that he could get his hands on. From 2007-2016, he accompanied and composed for dance under the tutelage of Claudia Howard Queen at the University of North Texas and from 2010-2016 at Texas Woman’s University with Keith Fleming.
Since 2017, he has been the resident accompanist and composer at Denison University, and in 2018 was hired at The Ohio State University, accompanying and composing for the dance department. Matthew has also been a resident accompanist at the world-famous American Dance Festival since 2016 and has played for the Joffrey Ballet and David Dorfman dance intensives. Matthew Peyton Dixon has composed over 50 works for dance, has 8 solo albums, has recorded many album recordings with bands, has toured extensively throughout the U.S., and has 4 volumes of poetry. Currently, Mr. Dixon lives in Columbus, Ohio working with Denison University and The Ohio State University dance departments as well as playing percussion with many different local and national artists.
