MATTHEW LYON HAZZARD

Matthew Lyon Hazzard is an award-winning Filipino-American composer, conductor, singer, and educator.

Praised for his “exquisite text-setting” and for creating “stunning landscapes of sound,” his music is frequently performed by choirs around the world. His music has won many awards, including the 2021 CCDA George Heussenstamm Competition, the 2017 ACDA Raymond W. Brock Student Competition, and the inaugural True Concord’s Stephen Paulus Emerging Composers Competition, and many others.

Hazzard received his D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from the University of Houston, and his M.M. in Choral Conducting at the Bob Cole Conservatory. He currently teaches choir and continues to write for voices at his home in Long Beach, California.