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Matthew Hogan, a Chicago native, is the Organist and Handbell Director at St. Peter's UCC in Elmhurst.  He has previously served as Organist at Immanuel UCC in Indianapolis; and prior to that served as Director of Music at Mayfair Presbyterian Church in Chicago.  Largely seft-taught as an organist, Matthew was first introduced to the organ while attending a Pipe Organ Encounter in Madison, Wisconsin. Subsequent training took place in the form of several semesters of secondary organ lessons while attending Indiana University.  Matthew's formal musical education has primarily focused on the bassoon, having received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in bassoon performance from the Indian University Jacobs School of Music, where he served as Associate Instructor of the Bassoon Studio.  His bassoon teachers include David McGill, Kim Walker, and Arthur Weisberg.  Matthew is currently second bassoon with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and second bassoon with the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra.  Formerly, he was acting principal bassoon with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra (IN), as well as contrabassoon with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic.  As a soloist and chamber musician, several chamber music series' in Indiana and Illinois have featured him as bassoonist, pianist, and organist.