Saxophone teacher, Dr. Matthew Clayton will receive The Episcopal Academy’s Young Alumni Award this weekend. “Presented since 2005 to ‘an alumnus or alumna who has demonstrated exemplary qualities in mind, body, or spirit within 15 years of graduation from Episcopal. These extraordinary accomplishments may be achieved in academics, athletics, the arts, community service/spiritual life or any combination of the above”
About the 2011 Young Alumnus Recipient
Dr. Matthew D. Clayton, II
“After graduating from Episcopal Academy and Yale University ’02 (B.A. in Music), Matthew received both a master’s degree and a Ph.D from Harvard University in Music, specializing in ethnomusicology, with an emphasis on the study of jazz. A Philadelphia area native, he has played the saxophone for 20 years and is a music scholar, teacher, and performer. Some of the highlights of his various performances include shows at Carnegie Hall, famed New York jazz clubs such as the Village Vanguard and Birdland, the Academy of Music, performing for Grover Washington, Jr, gigs with the late legendary Count Basie trombonist Al Grey, and appearing as a featured performer for a winter jazz festival in Paris, France.”
Congratulations to Dr. Clayton! If you would like to take saxophone lessons with this fantastic instructor, please call 610-896-5105.
