About

Composer, arranger, and music theorist from Bloomsbury, New Jersey.

Biography

Matthew Weger

Matthew Weger is a composer, arranger, and bass clarinetist based in Bloomsbury, New Jersey. Summer 2026 brings the world premieres of two original compositions, including an international premiere at Clarinouveau in Montréal. He studied clarinet and bass clarinet with Kevin Schempf, following earlier study with Dr. Aileen Razey and Dr. Soo Goh.

He performs as bass clarinetist with the Whitehouse Wind Symphony, section and bass clarinet with the Hunterdon Symphony, and with the Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra. With the Plattsburgh Clarinet Choir, where he serves as Treasurer, he performed at the International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest 2025 in Fort Worth.

Matthew holds a B.S. in Music Education from Kutztown University and a Master of Music in Music Theory from Bowling Green State University, where he was a graduate teaching assistant in music theory and musicology. Outside of music, he works in insurance and bakes at an organic bakery.

Weger rhymes with eager—“Eager-Weger”

Compositional Philosophy

His voice draws on minimalist principles refracted through wide-ranging harmonic exploration, with a particular focus on the color and depth of the low clarinet family.

He writes for clarinets first because that’s the sound he knows from the inside—a working player’s ear for what the instruments actually do.

Performing Ensembles