As the AIDS crisis exploded in the 1980s, Matt began to write lyrics that dramatized the impact on society. Matt sings the lead vocal.

Matthew absolutely loved horror films. He sings the lead vocal on this early demo tape.

Sung by Matthew Garey.

Sung by Matthew Garey.

Matt composed the music for the original musical 1001 Nights (help--was that the title?) in 1974. The Kennedy Center play production class presented the musical as its summer project that year. Here Matt records a rehearsal tape.

Sung by Matthew Garey.

Sung by Matthew Garey.

Sung by Matthew Garey.

The demo for a song included in the 1989 Debbie Allen TV special, featuring sisters Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen.

or choir, percussion and electronics in 19 notes per octave tuning.

Reverberating church bells ringing through the thin, mountain air.

Sung by Matthew Garey.

Matt wrote this song around 1973, when he was around 15 years old--he was a junior at Kennedy High School, in Granada Hills, CA.

Matt recorded several rehearsal tapes for the cast of Everyman: A New Musical, produced at Yale University in the spring of 1975.