The music of Matthew Schreibeis has been performed throughout the U.S. and internationally, at the Juilliard School, the University of Chicago, Berlin's Universität der Künste, the June in Buffalo Festival, and the Hindemith Foundation in Switzerland, by clarinetists Michael Maccaferri and Jeff Anderle, violinists Lina Bahn, Yvonne Lam, and Julieta Mihai, pianist Aaron Wunsch, the East Coast Contemporary Ensemble, the Matrix Music Collaborators, and ensemble green, among others. His compositions include orchestral, chamber, vocal, and film music, including a collaborative film project with visual artist Zachary Yorke. Most recently he was awarded a Subito Grant by the American Composers Forum to fund a solo concert of his chamber music in Philadelphia in Fall 2010. Other honors include commissions by the Hanson Institute for American Music and violinist Irina Mueller, the George H. Crumb and William Penn Fellowships from the University of Pennsylvania, and the Hilda K. Nitzsche Prize in Composition from the University of Pennsylvania, which he received four times.

Many of his compositions are inspired by other art forms. Shadowings, a commission from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, is a set of character pieces inspired by Japanese ghost stories. His Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, which received 1st Prize in the NACUSA Young Composers Competition, combines a highly-syncopated, jazz-inspired counterpoint with a sparse, slowly-unfolding lyricism. Upcoming projects include a duo for clarinet and violin for Yuki Numata and Bill Kalinkos and a string quartet for the JACK Quartet.

Matthew began his musical studies in Pittsburgh and received degrees from the Eastman School of Music (B.M.) and the University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.). His composition teachers included Samuel Adler, David Liptak, Eric Moe, James Primosch, Jay Reise, Christopher Rouse, Steven Stucky, Anna Weesner, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon. He also studied orchestration with Augusta Read Thomas and violin with Lynn Blakeslee.

As a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania, Matthew was selected for a teaching and administrative position in undergraduate student life, serving for four years as Director of the Music Composition and Performance Program at Rodin College House, an undergraduate residence. In addition to teaching private composition lessons, he mentored and advised students, led the program's admissions and recruitment process, coached student chamber ensembles, and organizing a monthly concert series, Third Thursdays, which featured an eclectic mix of performers and music, including original student compositions. The success of these concerts culminated in the production of four live CD recordings.

As a violinist Matthew has performed throughout the U.S. and in Germany at venues including the Liederkranz Foundation in New York City, the Curtis Institute of Music, and the Freie Universität Berlin. He is also active as a violin teacher; since 2003 he has served as an Instructor of Violin for the University of Pennsylvania’s College House Music Program.

Currently Matthew teaches music theory and aural skills courses as a Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania and an Instructor at Montgomery County Community College. He also teaches composition privately. Previously he taught at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Outside of his work as a composer, administrator, teacher, and violinist, Matthew is also an experienced copyist, arranger, and cataloger. In 2009 he transcribed Wagner’s Prelude to Tristan und Isolde into Braille using Braille transcription software for the University of Pennsylvania’s Office of Student Disabilities Services, among many other such projects. In addition, he is currently cataloging the Leonard B. Meyer Papers for the University of Pennsylvania Music Library.