Matt Wood is a pianist, keyboard player, composer, songwriter, and vocalist originally from Austin, Texas, now living in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He was classically trained on the piano from the age of four, then studied jazz performance at the University of Texas under Jeff Hellmer and Rick Lawn, among others. He has played or shared the stage with Mr. Fabulous and Casino Royale, BB King, saxophonist Tony Campise, Spoon, Milton Mapes, and many others.

As a composer and songwriter, Matt has written or co-written a number of musicals and acted as musical director for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Revelate! The Musical, and This Is Not A Musical – A Musical, some while studying theater at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts. Matt’s pop songs have been nominated for the Austin Songwriter Group’s Song of the Year and received honorable mention awards in the Billboard Song Competition. His original scores have appeared on national television and in a number of independent films.