Matthew C. Lee

Matthew Lee is the Choir Director at John P. Stevens High School in Edison, New Jersey, where he conducts 5 vocal ensembles At J.P. Stevens, the choirs have consistently received superior or Gold ratings at local, state, national, and international festivals. In 2017, the J.P. Stevens High School Chamber Choir was recipient of the Grand Prize and the Morten Lauridsen Award at the Interkultur Sing ‘N’ Joy Princeton International. The J.P. Stevens A cappella Ensemble was invited to perform at the NAfME Eastern-Division Music Educator’s Conference in Atlantic City in April 2017. In 2019, The JP Stevens A cappella and Chamber Ensembles returned to the Sing N Joy Festival, both choirs earning gold rankings and being selected into the Grand Prix round; furthermore, Mr. Lee was also honored to be the recipient of the Conductor’s Award. Many of his students are selected each year to perform with the Central Regions Choir, the All-State Choir, the ACDA All-Eastern and All-National Choirs, and the NAfME All-Eastern Honor Choirs.

Mr. Lee has prepared the numerous honor choirs throughout New Jersey. He has presented interest sessions at the NJACDA Summer Workshop as well as the NJMEA All-State Conference. He is also involved throughout New Jersey as a manager of honor choirs, including the NJSMA Treble Choir and the NJMEA All-State Mixed Chorus. In 2017, he conducted the CJMEA Central Jersey Intermediate Treble Choir. He serves on the NJ All-State Choral Procedures Board. He was also recently named the recipient of the ACDA Lannom Study Award.

Matthew Lee is currently the assistant conductor at Christ Church in Summit, NJ and a member of Harmonium Choral Society, where he sings with their select Chamber Singers. He has performed with the Westminster Choir College Summer Festival Choir several times, and performed in the South of France with the University of Delaware Choral Symposium as a conducting scholar. He holds a degree in Music Education from Northwestern University.