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Department of French and Italian
 

Program Assistant

(847) 491-5490
Kresge 2-375
1860 S Campus Drive
mattsmith@northwestern.edu

Matthew Smith

A recent transplant to the Chicagoland from Washington State, Matthew Smith joins the French and Italian Department as Program Assistant. Matthew graduated from Western Washington University in 2006 with a BM in Saxophone Performance. Last year, he held a one-year position as Affiliate Professor of Saxophone at WWU, teaching saxophone and woodwind-related courses. While at Western, Matthew held several office positions including Program Assistant, Composers Ensemble Coordinator, and Instrumental Librarian.

Past honors include: Outstanding Graduating Senior for the WWU Department of Music 2006, WWU Concerto Competition Winner (performing Jacques Ibert's "Concertino da camera"), and soloist with the WWU Wind Symphony (performing David Maslanka's "Hell's Gate"). Aside from his passion for music and office work, Matthew enjoys a good book and being pestered by his talkative siamese cat Eamonn.