Matthew Brown has been singing, dancing and acting most of his life. The Toronto-born Brown began his musical training at the age of five; studying piano, drums, voice, and musical theatre at the Dixon Hall Music School. By the time he was nine, he was ready for his first public performance at the Dixon Hall Music School. A few months later Matthew was performing in the Dixon Hall Benefit Concert at the Heart House Theatre and an entertainer was born. At Rosedale Heights Secondary School, he sang in the choir, played drums in the band and performed in group and solo shows across the city. As a teenager Matthew won a Bronze and a gold as a solo singer in the Kiwanis festival and won Silver and Gold in the Davenport music festival. He was and continues to be a popular performer at yearly fundraisers for the Dixon Hall Music School, The Regent Park School of Music and the Minstrel Foundation. Matthew attended the Randolph Academy for the performing arts and graduated n 2004. Since graduation Matthew worked on a number of projects. Most recently he played the role of Snout in a Canstage’s production of A Midsummer nights Dream. He plays the recurring role of Shay on the CTV/Much music television series, Instant Star.
Selected film, T.V and theatre credits include; Frank in Dreamgirls (Theatre Aquarius/MTC), Snout in A Midsummer Nights Dream (CanStage 2007), Newton in I think I can (nominated for 5 Dora Mavor Moore Awards and winner of Best new musical), A Wickersham Brother Seussical! A Musical, Hud in Canstage’s revival of Hair, a hijacker on Discovery channel Mayday, A guest appearance on Train 48, the role of starring Young Tom in Good Fences (starring Whoopie Goldberg and Danny Glover.) Nomax in 5 guys named MOE (Theatre Cambridge), Mike in a CHORUS LINE (Bathurst street theatre), Jack in the GRACE OF MARY TRAVERSE (Annex Theatre).