Music Department
Sunflower Trio
- Box 3000, Hesston, KS 67062
- 620-327-8144
- matthews@hesston.edu
Education
- A.A., Hesston College, 1992
- B.A., Goshen College, 1995
- M.M., University of Cincinnati, 1998
Courses Taught
- Private Voice
- Class Voice
- Class Guitar
- Music Theatre Workshop
Bio
Matthew Schloneger joined the music faculty of Hesston College in 2001, where he teaches Private Voice, Class Voice, Class Guitar, and Music Theatre Workshop. Prior to teaching at Hesston, Matthew served as Adjunct Professor of Voice at The College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio. A 1992 graduate of Hesston College, Matthew is pleased to hold the position of Voice Instructor at the institution that first interested him in a music career. Matthew has completed post-graduate studies at the Civica Scuola di Musica di Milano in Milan, Italy, where he was a 1999-2000 Rotary Scholar. He holds an M.M. in Voice from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, a B.A. from Goshen College in Music and Sociology, an A.A in Liberal Arts from Hesston College, and a certificate in French language from the Sorbonne in Paris, France. An active performer in opera and oratorio, Matthew has performed principal roles with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Operafestival di Roma, Wichita Grand Opera, Opera Kansas, Whitewater Opera, Sorg Opera, Opera for the Young, Opera Theatre of Lucca, University of Cincinnati CCM Opera Theatre, Concert Artists AB and Goshen College Opera Theatre. As a concert artist, he has performed as tenor soloist with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, the Messiah Festival of Music and Art in Lindsborg, Kansas, the Coro Bach di Milano, the University of Cincinnati CCM Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Lucca Festival Orchestra (Italy), among others. From 1996-2000, he served as a cantor at both Hebrew Union College and at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Cincinnati. Matthew performs frequently with The Sunflower Trio, a vocal chamber music trio which includes his wife, violinist Rebecca Schloneger, and HC music professor Ken Rodgers, piano and organ.