DR. MATTHEW ROBERT LAMM is currently Director of Bands & Instrumental Studies at Houston Christian University. He holds a DMA in tuba & conducting from the University of Houston, an MM in music performance from DePaul University, and a BM in tuba performance from the University of Houston.

It is an interesting fact that Dr. Lamm originally pursued a career as an orchestral musician. This was likely the result of positive early experience performing with the Fort Worth Youth Orchestra (junior high) and the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra (high school). This continued with performances as a substitute musician in the Houston Ballet Orchestra during undergraduate studies and with the Chicago Civic Symphony in graduate school.

Matthew also owes much to the robust public school band programs in the state of Texas. Keller ISD provided his initial music ensemble experience and marching band in high school sparked a life-long relationship with the marching arts. As a performer, Matthew is a 2x DCI World champion, 4x DCI I&E champion, and featured in the recorded audio and on-field choreography of an MTV-produced NFL Super Bowl halftime show. As an educator he has taught all age groups, from beginning 5th/6th grade band to middle and high school; bands under his guidance have reached UIL state finals (both marching & concert), earned a BOA Regional championship, a BOA Grand Nationals championship, and a Midwest Clinic feature.

Dr. Lamm’s unique performing background — as both orchestral tuba player and marching band member — enables him to bring the resonance and gravitas of the concert hall to the field, and the integration and work ethic of the marching field to the concert hall. Matthew is privileged to bring these diverse musical experiences to bear on modern music-making endeavors with adult students of various backgrounds. He finds joy and purpose in realizing human potential through cultivated psychoanalytic & physio-analytic approaches to music performance. Yet Dr. Lamm’s true goal is the comprehensive development of the human organism through an intellectual, experiential & evidence-based teaching methodology. It is his sincere hope that you leave this performance inspired — by the music, first and foremost, but also through the demonstration of realized human potential.