Matt Putnam
Musician, Music Director
Chelsea, MA
matt.s.putnam@gmail.com
(512) 913-7991
Summary
Matt has been playing piano since kindergarten, trumpet since middle school band, horn since college, and now many more members of the woodwind and brass family. He has played in wind ensembles, orchestras, jazz bands, theater pits, rock bands, and more. Nowadays he spends most of his time in musical theater, usually as a pit musician but occasionally as a music director, and rarely as a stage director, sound engineer, or other techie.
Instruments
Piano | Since 1992 | Comfortable with keyboard programming |
Trumpet | Since 1998 | Including piccolo, flugel, and all keys of trumpet |
Horn | Since 2005 | |
Clarinet | Since 2014 | Own all typical sizes from E♭ soprano to contrabass |
Saxophone | Since 2014 | Own all sizes from sopranino to bass |
Can also play percussion, low brass, a few other woodwinds, bass guitar, harp, and a few others if the part isn't too hard
Music Directing Credits
The Fantasticks | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | September 2023 |
The Trail to Oregon! | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | September 2022 |
Willy Wonka | Bishop Fenwick High School | November 2022 |
Into The Woods | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | April 2022 |
Pippin | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | January 2022 |
Firebringer | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | November 2021 |
Into The Woods | True Rep Theatre | August 2021 |
Pippin | Broken Leg Productions | January 2020 |
A Chorus Line | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | November 2019 |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | September 2019 |
Children of Eden | Theatre Company of Saugus | February 2019 |
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | September 2018 |
Avenue Q | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | September 2017 |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | September 2015 |
A Chorus Line | Emerson Musical Theater Society | Fall 2014 |
Next Thing You Know | Emerson Musical Theater Society | Spring 2014 |
In Trousers | Emerson Rareworks | Fall 2013 |
Avenue Q | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | September 2013 |
Into The Woods | MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players | August 2012 |
Urinetown | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | April 2012 |
Children of Eden | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | November 2011 |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | September 2011 |
Guys and Dolls | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | November 2010 |
Jesus Christ Superstar | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | September 2010 |
Evil Dead: The Musical | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | April 2010 |
Into The Woods | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | September 2008 |
Selected Performance Credits
Phantom of the Opera | Harp | Weston Drama Workshop | July 2024 |
Chicago | Trumpet 1 | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | February 2024 |
Chicago | Reed 2/3 | Stage 284 | March 2023 |
A Chorus Line | Trumpet 1 | BU on Broadway | April 2022 |
Assassins | Trumpet, Clarinet, Alto Sax | Arts After Hours | June 2019 |
Mamma Mia! | Keyboard 2 | Stage 284 | March 2019 |
Honk! | Trumpet | The Footlight Club | November 2018 |
Into The Woods (Jr.) | Trumpet, Horn, Clarinet | Wheelock Family Theatre, Teen Performance Ensemble |
May 2018 |
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Keyboard 2 | Theatre Company of Saugus | April 2018 |
9 to 5 | Trumpet | Arlington Friends of the Drama | March 2018 |
In The Heights | Trumpet | Wheelock Family Theatre | October 2017 |
Chess (London version) | Trumpet 1, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet | MIT Gilbert and Sullivan Players | August 2017 |
Barnum | Trumpet, Bass Clarinet | Moonbox Productions | April 2017 |
Big! The Musical | Keyboard 2 | The Footlight Club | November 2016 |
The Wild Party (Lippa) | Trumpet/Reed 3 | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | April 2016 |
The Full Monty | Trumpet 2 | The Wellesley Players | Spring 2016 |
The Wedding Singer | Trumpet | MIT Musical Theatre Guild | April 2013 |
For a full list of performance credits, see my CV