Matthew Goddard
Principal Timpani
Supported by David & Glenys Rich
When Matthew plays with the full orchestra you can usually spot him at the back of the stage behind the woodwind musicians.
‘I was a bit of a late bloomer as an orchestral musician and didn’t start serious classical music study until I was 24. I’m interested in all kinds of music, and generally quite obsessed with all things audio-related!’
About Matthew
Matt started on a drum kit before his musical interests eventually broadened into orchestral percussion.
He studied percussion and timpani at the Victorian College of the Arts and had a busy early career freelancing in Melbourne, primarily with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and as a founding member of the percussion quartet Woof!.
In 1998, Matt worked in Japan as Timpanist and Percussionist with the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa before returning to his hometown of Hobart in 1999 to take up the role of Principal Timpani with the TSO.
Matt was appointed as a TSO board member in 2024.
Did you know?
Although Matt played in a youth orchestra and brass bands as a student, his first job was in a bank. ‘It took me a while to realise that orchestral music was something that I wanted to pursue for a career’.
As well as the TSO, Matt plays with Sequenza Ensemble, a group that specialises in ancient instruments and historically informed performance methods.
He enjoys ‘playing around in’ his home studio and has an ongoing recording project with guitarist Simon Patterson.
Interests
- Creating or listening to non-orchestral music
- Fly-fishing
- Hanging out with family
- Reading
- Generally learning about new things
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Fellow Musicians
Gary Wain
Principal Percussion
Supported by Caroline Sharpen