MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, TEACHER, CURATOR, STORYTELLER, GAME DEVELOPER
matthew muñiz
Matthew is a pianist, composer, game designer and educator, as well as the founder and co-curator of The Lab; a free monthly workshop for creators. Matthew’s music has been featured on Chicago artistic projects and on stages for twenty years. His music direction and stage arrangement skills have been met with rave reviews, often featuring the talents of the multi-instrumentalists Chicago’s vibrant theatre scene produces. His work has been called “exhilarating” and “glorious,” by print publications and not just his mom. His music has been featured in plays, podcasts, an experimental audio book, in short films and in one feature-length zombie horror flick. Before discovering Chicago theatre, he released a full-length album and played most of the ‘cool’ (some might say ‘small’) stages in Chicago with his former bands, Voodoo & Valentine and The Live Debate!. He created music for The Last Defender, an escape room by Cards Against Humanity and the House Theatre of Chicago, where his music direction and performance credits also include The Nutcracker, Verböten, and Hatfield & McCoy.
Matthew is currently developing a new musical entitled Star House, and is developing two games: Apocalypse Meow and Divination RPG.
When Matthew isn’t making games or music, he’s enjoying time hanging out with his husband, Vincent.
Instrumental Music
Original music for stories.
PROJECTs
MUSIC
Star House - in development
The Malignant Ampersands - (Sound Design/Composer/Songwriter) A Red Orchid Theatre, 2022
Hundred Days - (Music Director) Kokandy Productions, 2020 & 2021
The Pod Has Been Cast, podcast, (contributing Composer) 2021-present
American Bottom - A Red Orchid Theatre, (Composer/Songwriter) 2021
Verböten - The House Theatre of Chicago, (Music Director / Arranger) 2020
Pinocchio - The House Theatre of Chicago, (Composer/Songwriter) 2019
The Last Defender - The House Theatre of Chicago & Cards Against Humanity, (Composer) 2019
The Nutcracker - The House Theatre of Chicago, (Pianist/Music Director/Arranger) 2010 - 2018
Borealis - The House Theatre of Chicago, (Composer) 2018
Frederick - (Music Director / Arranger) Chicago Children’s Theatre, 2018
Hatfield & McCoy - (Music Director / Keyboard) The House Theatre of Chicago, 2018
Kitty Hawk - (Music Director / Arranger) The Arscht Center for the Performing Arts, 2017
The Great and Terrible Wizard of Oz - (Music Director) The House Theatre of Chicago, 2017
Psychonaut Librarians - (Composer) The New Colony, 2017
United Flight 232 - (Music Director) The House Theatre of Chicago, 2016
The Revel - (Music Director) The House Theatre of Chicago, 2015
The Live Debate! - The Live Debate! (2013) Self-Released
Dorothy Marie and the Unanswered Questions of the Zombie Apocalypse - film, (Composer) 2013
The Live Debate! - (Songwriter/Co-producer) full-length album, 2013
3:16 - short film, (Composer) 2006
Millicent and the Amulet - short film, (Composer) 2005
GAME DEVELOPMENT
Divination RPG - in development
Apocalypse Meow - in development
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