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Matthew Sear is an English composer, guitarist and educator. His compositions include works for small ensembles, choral works, chamber music and solo pieces. His music draws on a variety of styles and genres.

As of 2020, he is a teacher of piano and classical guitar at Bird College Conservatoire and The James Allan School For Performing Arts and a performing artist for Music In Hospitals and Care.

Sear studied the guitar as an undergraduate at The Guildhall School Of Music and Drama and subsequently privately, under guitarist and composer Martin Vishnick. He studied as post graduate at the University Of Surrey under Dr Stephen Goss and subsequently privately, under Royal College of Music senior professor Carlos Bonell, whom he is referenced by as a former 'notable student'. Sear holds a masters degree in music, a Licentiates with The Royal Schools Of Music and a Fellowship, with The London College Of Music.

Selected List Of Compositions

 * In Your Dreams Part one and two (guitar quartet) 2003
 * Fanfare (string quartet) 2003
 * Meltdown (for electric guitar and harpsichord) 2019
 * Sonata (for flute and classical guitar) 2020
 * The Souls Of The Righteous (satb) 2019
 * The Secret Garden (classical guitar duo)
 * Beneath The Veil (flute) 2019
 * Three Impromptus (clarinet) 2015
 * The System Has Crashed (organ) 2017
 * Ceremony part 1 and 2 (organ) 2018
 * Impromptu (harpsichord) 2020
 * Homage To Beethoven (piano) 2019
 * Two Altercations (piano) 2019
 * Five Short Pieces (piano) 2013
 * The Halloween Preludes (piano) 2006
 * Portraits of North America (guitar) 2012
 * The Road To Damascus (guitar) 2016
 * The Longing - An Improvisation (guitar) 2002
 * Empty Spaces (piano) 2003
 * Two Altercations (piano) 2019
 * Three Folk Preludes (guitar) 1998