A recipient of the 2018 Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a 2017-18 Copland House Residency Award, Matthew Schreibeis is an American composer based in Hong Kong. His compositions combine highly-syncopated counterpoint with rhythmically-charged lyricism and span acoustic, electronic, and film music. Recent projects include collaborations with video artists and a series of works for traditional Korean instruments. Schreibeis’ music has been performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia at the Juilliard School, the University of Chicago, Berlin’s Universitat der Kunste, the June in Buffalo Festival, the Hindemith Foundation in Switzerland, and the National Gugak Center in Korea, by New York New Music Ensemble, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, ensemble green, and members of eighth blackbird and Alarm Will Sound, among others. Schreibeis began his musical studies in Pittsburgh and received degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the University of Pennsylvania. His composition teachers included Samuel Adler, David Liptak, Eric Moe, James Primosch, Jay Reise, Christopher Rouse, Steven Stucky, Anna Weesner, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon. Matthew Schreibeis is currently Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University. Previously he served on the faculties of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Korea University in Seoul, and the sound SCAPE Festival in Italy.