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Matthew Giobbi
Member Since: 2022 | Location: New York City | Page Views: 619About Me
Trombonist & Pianist in Northeastern Pennsylvania, Central New Jersey.
Matthew Tyler Giobbi is an educator, author, & musician. In the spirit of his mentors, William James and R.W. Emerson, Matthew takes an interdisciplinary approach to thinking, drawing on continental philosophy, pragmatism, critical theory, literary theory, humanities-based & Eastern psychologies. Matthew is based in Wind Gap, Pennsylvania & Newark, New Jersey. Thinking, writing, and teaching about lifephilosophy, art, poetry, and music are central to Matthew's work. Exploring the act of creating and performing music, and other works of art, as an essential aspect of the human condition has been at the center of his work. Matthew enjoys teaching older beginner music students, as well serious younger students who have a strong work ethic and an intrinsic desire to learn. Matthew's education is in continental philosophy, psychology, and music. He earned a doctorate in Philosophy, Art, & Critical Thought from The European Graduate School, a master's degree in psychology from The New School for Social Research, and professional studies in music at The Mannes College of Music & The Royal Conservatory of Brussels. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Matthew has been a faculty member of the psychology department at Rutgers University at Newark since 2006. Matthew began studying guitar at an early age, moving on to piano and classical trombone in adolescence. Matthew was a trombonist in the Lima Philharmonic in Peru in 1996. In the 1990s he toured with orchestras performing in China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Europe. In 1998 he released an album of original songs entitled, Collected Songs. His music was played on local radio stations in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, and he performed at many festivals and concert venues during that period. His primary teachers were Paul Schocker (piano & composition), Timothy Soberick, Per Brevig (trombonist, Metropolitan Opera) and Ivan Meylemans (trombonist, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra). In his youth, Matthew was principal trombonist of Carnegie Hall's New York Youth Symphony, and performed in six Carnegie Hall concerts. Matthew enjoys composing, teaching beginner music students, and exploring improvisational music. Matthew writes the Mindfulness & Music blog for Psychology Today, and has written five books: A Postcognitive Negation (2010), An “A” Effort: The College Student's Guide to Success (2012), Media Psychology (2014), Inner Harmony: Personal Exploration at the Piano (2016), & Musings: On Buddhist Psychology, Intellectual History, Psychodynamic Theory, media Psychology, & Existential- Phenomenology (2020). Matthew is an author with Atropos Press. Matthew is an Adjunct member of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association.
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