Matthew Koraus (MM, FAGO, ChM) is the Director of Music Ministries for the Church of St. Patrick in Huntington, NY, where he directs a 50-voice Adult Chorale and a 30-voice Youth Choir, produces an annual concert series, and accompanies the church’s numerous liturgies on two newly installed pipe organs by Sebastian Glück.  He is also an adjunct professor of music at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, where he teaches courses in counterpoint and keyboard harmony.

He has written an extensive amount of sacred music for both liturgy and concert, and a number of his liturgical works are published by CanticaNOVA Publications, MorningStar Music Publishers, Oregon Catholic Press, and World Library Publications (GIA).

Matthew holds the Fellowship Certification from the American Guild of Organists, and was the 2013 winner of both the Fellowship Prize and the S. Lewis Elmer Award offered by the Guild. He also holds the Guild’s Choir Master Certification and was the 2015 winner of the Choir Master Prize.

Matthew was a finalist in the 2014 National Competition in Organ Improvisation, and won the First Prize of the 2015 University of Michigan Improvisation Competition.  

Matthew is a highly sought-after tenor, having worked with choirs at such Manhattan institutions as the Church of Saint Agnes, Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, and Saint Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue.  He is a founding member of the vocal quartet VOX AQUARUM.

Matthew is a graduate of Hofstra University (B.S. in Music Theory and Composition, 2009) and the Manhattan School of Music (M.M. in Composition, 2011). He lives on Long Island, NY with his wife and three daughters.