About Matt Savage

Matt Savage, founder and director of Rhythm Alive, has been passionate about drums and drumming since he was inside his mothers womb!

Matt has a music education degree from the The Crane School of Music and a Masters Degree in Percussion Performance from The University of Southern California. He has been heavily involved in the marching percussion field for 30 years but also has grown to be a sought after drum circle facilitator since 1987.

Matt has facilitated hundreds of drum circles and training classes throughout the United States and England. Rhythm Alive is a rhythm based project that helps develop rhythm, timing, and teamwork for various types of organizations including corporate teams, athletic teams, schools and universities, musical organizations, and communities.

Matt has facilitated drum circles for Music Educators National Conference Conventions, Percussive Arts Society Conventions, Bands of America Leadership Symposiums, Glaxo-Smith Cline, The University of North Carolina Women's Basketball team and in his family's living room at Christmas to name but a few!

He is a featured drum circle facilitator for Remo Drums, the world's largest supporter of drum circle development, a performing artist for Yamaha Musical Instruments, designer of the Matt Savage signature line of drum sticks for the Pro-Mark Corporation and is an endorser for Sabian Cymbals.

Rhythm Alive Clients

Glaxo-Smith Cline Sales Training

Fox 50 Television Sales Department

Royal Northern College of Music  Manchester, England

Pacific Winds Music Store
Eugene,OR

Sigma Alpha Iota
National Leadership Convention

Music For All Leadership Weekend

Magellan Charter School

James Island Charter High School 

Panther Creek High School Faculty

Wakefield High School Faculty

Middle Tennesse State University

University of Tennessee at Martin
First Year Initiative

Univesity of North Carolina Womens Basketball

University of North Carolina
Freshmen Althletes

Duke University
Athletic Department

Bradley University Womens Basketball

Bradley University Mens Soccer

Carrboro Community Center

Charles House Adult Day Care

Percussive Arts Society
International Convention

Music Educators NationalConvnetion

Superior Leadership Summer Camp Noti, OR
 
Wake Forest Elementary School
Teacher Work Day

Morton & Beck Integrated Marketing

University of North Carolina
Jazz Ensemble

University of North Carolina
Wind Ensemble

Newman Center Catholic Student Center  Chapel Hill, NC

Highland Park High School Focus on The Arts, Highland Park, IL

Chapel Hill High School Culture Fest

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