Matt Masters

Matt Masters
Born March 23, 1976 (1976-03-23) (age 35)
Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments Vocal, Guitar
Years active since 1998
Website www.mattmasters.com

Matt Masters (born March 23, 1976) is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He began his career in 1998.[1]

In 2007, two of his songs were featured on the TV program, Rabbit Fall (season 1, episode 5).[2]

In June 2008, Masters premiered an original country and western musical titled Don Coyote. It played at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary[3][4][5] and the Nuit Blanche Festival in October in Toronto.[6][7]

In April 2009, Masters began to play music at occasional Calgary Flames home games at the Pengrowth Saddledome.[8]

Masters toured England and Germany in 2009, and on June 9 he performed at the Canadian Embassy in Turkey.[9]

In September 2009, Masters was awarded the Telus Arts Award for Artistic Innovation at the 2009 Mayor’s Awards for Business and the Arts in Calgary.[10]

In February 2010 Matt Masters and the Gentlemen of the Rodeo toured Germany and Qatar. Matt Masters also performed at the Alberta Pavilion during the Vancouver Olympic Games.

In July 2011 Matt Masters released a new record titled "ALL-WESTERN WINNERS"

References

  1. ^ Matt Masters Biography Retrieved 6th November 2009
  2. ^ "IMBD entry for Rabbit Fall soundtrack". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139227/soundtrack. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  3. ^ "Glenbow Museum Past Exhibitions". http://www.glenbow.org/exhibitions/. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  4. ^ canada.com/ "Stage Picks, Calagary Herald, at canada.com". http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/entertainment/story.html?id=7eec465d-4772-4a45-9c3f-b95f574ca9cb canada.com/. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  5. ^ "Edgy art slides into music fest Nancy Tousley, Calgary Herald September 29, 2008". http://www.calgaryherald.com/story_print.html?id=847035&sponsor=. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  6. ^ "Nuit Blanche event at Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto". http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2008/artists/b7.html/. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  7. ^ "12 exhibitions not to miss during Nuit Blanche Thu Oct 2 2008 at thestar.com". The Star (Toronto). 2008-10-02. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/509942. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  8. ^ "Calgary Flames events calendar". http://flames.nhl.com/club/page.htm?bcid=18705. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  9. ^ "Masters’s Turkish delight:Calgary’s hardest-working country crooner celebrates Canada Day abroad July 9, 2009". Fast Forward Weekly. http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/music/music-features/masterss-turkish-delight-4080. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 
  10. ^ 2009 Mayor's awards winners. "Calgary Professional Arts Alliance". http://cpaa.pookahindustries.com/. Retrieved 2009-11-07. 

http://exclaim.ca/News/matt_masters_returns_with_all-western_winners_canadian_dates http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/music/music-previews/all-western-winners-needs-byline-mark-7756/ http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/music/music-previews/all-western-winners-needs-byline-mark-7756/

Calgary Herald Feb 2, 2101

http://communities.canada.com/calgaryherald/blogs/onthescene/archive/2010/02/02/matt-masters-brings-alberta-to-the-germans.aspx

Gulf Times, photograph of Matt Masters and the Gentlemen of the Rodeo in performance in Doha, Qatar.

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=342843&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16

University of Calgary Qatar website

http://www.qatar.ucalgary.ca/news/Feb2010/Stampede

Government of Alberta -Vancouver 2010 Artist Profile

http://alberta.ca/vancouver2010/242.htm

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