Matthew Slotkin is committed to the performance of new music for the guitar.  He has given premieres of numerous works for guitar in solo and ensemble settings, and has worked closely with composers in commissioning and performing new compositions.

World Premieres:

Lisa Logrande: Indelible Imprint

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

October 13, 2011 - Pennsylvania State University at Hazleton, Hazleton, PA

Jonathan Elliott: Friss (version for saxophone and guitar)

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

February 19, 2011 - Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA

James Crowley: Tableaux Vivants

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

February 28, 2010 - Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA

Dick Goodwin: Song and Dance Man

Dez Cordas, with Craig Butterfield, double bass

August 29, 2009 - University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

John Orfe: Waxwing (version for double bass and guitar)

Dez Cordas, with Craig Butterfield, double bass

August 26, 2009 - Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

Andrew Walters: Before Clocks Ceased Their Chiming

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

July 11, 2009 - World Saxophone Congress, Bangkok, Thailand

Andrew Walters: Suite for Guitar

March 29, 2009 - Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA

John Anthony Lennon: Messengers

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

February 26, 2009 - Penn State University, State College, PA

John Orfe: Waxwing for solo guitar

February 12, 2009 - Yale University, New Haven, CT

John Orfe: [after Werner Herzog]

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

February 12, 2009 - Yale University, New Haven, CT

Scott Lindroth: Music for Three

Performance with Laura Gilbert, flute and Jonathan Bagg, viola

February 8, 2009 - Duke University, Durham, NC

John Orfe:  Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

November 22, 2007 - Royal Welsh Conservatory of Music and Dance, Cardiff, Wales (UK)

George Daravelis:  Nicht Akzeptiert

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

October 11, 2007 - Emory University, Atlanta, GA

George Daravelis:  Sonatina

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

March 11, 2007 - Biola University, La Mirada, CA

Charles Stolte:  Les Trois Soeurs

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

July 7, 2006 - World Saxophone Congress, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Shane Endsley:  Untitled

Duo Montagnard, with Joseph Murphy, saxophone

April 5, 2004 - Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA

Carlos Chávez: Feuille d’Album

World premiere recording on Centaur Records

Released in November 2003