Matthew Slotkin directs the guitar programs at Mansfield University in Mansfield, PA, and Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA.  He has given masterclasses at numerous institutions and festivals including the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival, the Alexandria Guitar Festival, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Victorian College of Arts (University of Melbourne), the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, the University of Saskatchewan, Duke University, and Nazareth College.  He has also taught guitar and chamber music at the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, and classical and jazz guitar at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, NY, Alfred University in Alfred, NY, and in the Eastman School of Music’s Community Education Division.

In addition to directing the guitar programs at Mansfield University and Bloomsburg University, Slotkin resides and teaches in New York City.