Matthew has had his music compositions performed by several professional groups and has written numerous contemporary music compositions that he has performed on piano at his own concerts and shows.  He has created, produced and been the feature performer in music variety shows at Harvard and in the Boston area… “musical fusion” shows that have offered combinations of classical, jazz and contemporary music, as well as varied instrumental ensembles.  

In 1998, Matthew, playing piano, was the Teen and Overall Grand Prize Winner in the New England Searching for the Stars Competition.  In 1999, he was awarded the Excellence in Composition Award by the Longy School of Music’s Preparatory Division and was the winner of the Northeast District (MA) High School Jazz Competition.  In 2000, Matthew was responsible for writing, producing and performing on a CD for the pop group Matthew O’Malley and the Lobster Clinic, which won a national competition for Best High School Band in America/2000, sponsored by Planetjam.com.  Matthew has also been a guest performer with the Geoffrey Hicks Big Band at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, MA. 

While attending Harvard College, Matthew was the piano player for the Harvard Jazz Band and the piano/keyboard player and actor for Harvard’s improv group… the Immediate Gratification Players.  He also was a Music Director for the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club. 

Matthew accompanied the famous vocalizer, Bobby McFerrin and jazz guitarist Jim Hall , and served as a composer, arranger, music director, musician and actor for numerous productions of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, the Harvard-Radcliffe Contemporary Music Ensemble, Harvard’s Arts First festival and the City of Cambridge, MA Citystep arts program.   He also wrote “Friday by Noon”, which was performed by the Auros Group for New Music at the 2001 Thelma E. Goldberg concert.  Matthew was also the co-founder of and was the keyboard player for Diaco, a Harvard rock band that was the featured student band at the University’s Springfest 2002.    

In the spring of 2002, Matthew created, produced and performed on the piano and keyboard throughout an original musical extravaganza…”Drink my wine…Dig my earth”…a two and a half hour variety show featuring twenty of Harvard’s top performing artists…a show The Harvard Crimson called “an incredible night of music”.  In 2003, Matthew wrote the music for the original opera, ”Strapped”, reviewed by The Harvard Crimson as  “a complete masterpiece” and “an original concept, superbly executed.”. 

In his junior year at Harvard College, Matthew founded O’Malley Music Productions, a company offering a range of music composition, production and performance services to Harvard University, its students and numerous student organizations.  Among his 2004 projects, Matthew was music director for Eleganza, the annual fashion show spectacular at Harvard, produced by BlackCAST, a Harvard theater group. 

While attending Harvard, Matthew spent his summers in Los Angeles, CA, working with high-level professionals in the music/entertainment industry.  He worked for  The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, CA,  where he was a member of the national promotions group, which is responsible for developing and managing programs for Disney movies and brands.  Matthew was involved with promotions for  “ Lilo and Stich”, “Kim Possbile” and the early planning for  “Finding Nemo”. 

Matthew also spent a summer with Levels Audio Post, a leading recording and post-production house in Hollywood, CA.  Clients of Levels Audio include American Idol Productions, Disney/Pixar, 20^th Century Fox and MTV Networks.