MATA

From 2007 to 2010, I was Artistic Director of MATA, a non-profit organization that commissions and presents the work of young composers. During my tenure, I conceived and launched the successful concert series Interval (co-presented with Issue Project Room) with friend and colleague Missy Mazzoli, a program that "has kept the franchise in view and virtually doubled the amount of music presented under MATA’s imprimatur" (NY Times, Nov. 08). I also curated and co-produced (with Mazzoli) three of MATA's annual Festival's, featuring groups such as Argento Chamber Ensemble, Calder Quartet, So Percussion, NOW Ensemble, Either/Or, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

CJM on matafestival.org

MATA Festivals with CJM as AD:
2008 - Brooklyn Lyceum

March 31 - April 4   Sound Installation
April 1   Boston Modern Orchestra Project
April 2   The Knights Chamber Orchestra
April 3   Christoph Cox Lecture
April 4   Either/Or & Newspeak

2009 - (le) Poisson Rouge

March 31 - April 4 Mike Vernusky sound and video work
March 31 The Knights Chamber Orchestra
April 1   Sawako & Ne(x)tworks
April 3   NOW Ensemble & Bing and Ruth
April 4   Playing In The Band: Performer/Composers Speak
April 4   SO Percussion

2010 - (le) Poisson Rouge

April 19   Matthew Wright & Evan Parker
April 20 - April 22   MATA Sound Works
April 20   Calder Quartet
April 21   Ensemble Pamplemousse & Lisa Moore
April 22   Argento & Friends

MATA Interval under CJM:
Volume 1

Interval 1.1   November 30, 2007
The Music of Jessica Pavone & Ray Sweeten - Zach Layton, curator
Interval 1.2   January 25, 2008
Odd Appetite and FLUX Quartet - Ha-Yang Kim, curator
Interval 1.3   March 31, 2008
iO Quartet and Symbol - Mario Diaz de Leon, curator

Volume 2

Interval 2.1   September 17, 2008
Music of Grúpat Collective - Jennifer Walshe, curator
Interval 2.2   November 19, 2008
The NEW New Virtuosity: Musicians of New Amsterdam Records - Judd Greenstein, curator
Interval 2.3   January 21, 2009
Dither Electric Guitar Quartet - Taylor Levine & James Moore, curators
Interval 2.4   March 18, 2009
PLAY! Music for Toys - Angélica Negrón, curator

Volume 3

Interval 3.1   January 13, 2010
Architectures of Sound - David Kant & Cameron Hu, curators
Interval 3.2   March 10, 2010
poweRed Line - Baljinder Sekhon, II, curator