I'm a music composer with a dynamic and poignant sound who is comfortable working in a diverse range of genres. Specialties include piano, ambient, cinematic, classical, rock, pop, and avant garde. I'm a New Amsterdam Records Composers Lab album (2017). I'm also a mix engineer working in the box with a host of analog emulating plugins to get a breathable, vintage and natural sound. My musical ear, honed since age 6, informs my mixing, combined with years of technical experience mixing live and studio sessions for acclaimed artists including Moses Sumney, Tali Kweli, and Toots and the Maytals, amongst others.…

Matthew Stenroos

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I'm a music composer with a dynamic and poignant sound who is comfortable working in a diverse range of genres. Specialties include piano, ambient, cinematic, classical, rock, pop, and avant garde. I'm a New Amsterdam Records Composers Lab album (2017). I'm also a mix engineer working in the box with a host of analog emulating plugins to get a breathable, vintage and natural sound. My musical ear, honed since age 6, informs my mixing, combined with years of technical experience mixing live and studio sessions for acclaimed artists including Moses Sumney, Tali Kweli, and Toots and the Maytals, amongst others.…

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I’m a music composer with a dynamic and poignant sound who is comfortable working in a diverse range of genres. Specialties include piano, ambient, cinematic, classical, rock, pop, and avant garde. I’m a New Amsterdam Records Composers Lab album (2017). I’m also a mix engineer working in the box with a host of analog emulating plugins to get a breathable, vintage and natural sound. My musical ear, honed since age 6, informs my mixing, combined with years of technical experience mixing live and studio sessions for acclaimed artists including Moses Sumney, Tali Kweli, and Toots and the Maytals, amongst others.

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Skills

Experience Level

Acapella
Expert
Backing Vocal
Expert
Composition
Expert
Logic Pro
Expert
Mix
Expert
Vocal
Expert
Audio
Expert
Pro Tools
Expert
Finale
Expert
Master
Expert
Music Theory
Expert
Melodyne
Intermediate
Adobe Audition
Intermediate
Soundtrack
Intermediate
Voiceover
Beginner
Avid media composer
Beginner
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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Stagehand and Event Production (Audio/AV & Stage Materials) at Theatrical Resources
June 1, 2026 - Present
Assembles and dis-assembles stage production materials including flooring, fencing, and truss; also assembles and dis-assembles audio equipment for event production support.
A2 Audio Engineer (AV Audio/Visual Production) at AV Workshop
May 1, 2026 - Present
Assists the A1 audio engineer in enforcement of live audio for events and productions across Manhattan; supports audio/visual event production.
Recording Engineer / Label Manager at Harbor Studios / Harbor Records
September 1, 2025 - Present
Engineers recording sessions for artists and musicians; schedules and plans releases, drafts contracts, and works closely with artists, mixing and mastering engineers, and designers to deliver release recordings for the studio’s in-house label.
A1 Audio Engineer at National Sawdust
January 1, 2016 - August 1, 2018
Runs front-of-house and monitors for musical artists in an award-winning live music venue.
A1 and A2 Audio Engineer at Brooklyn Bowl
June 1, 2014 - Present
Engineers monitors and front-of-house for award-winning live music acts and artists including Toots and the Maytals, Moses Sumney, Talib Kweli, Wyclef Jean, Gramatik, and Charles Bradley, among others.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electronic Media Production at Kent State University
September 1, 2008 - December 1, 2012
B.S. - Electronic Media Production at Kent State University
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012

Qualifications

New Amsterdam Records Composers Lab Alum
September 1, 2017 - December 1, 2017
Since launching in 2017, NewAm's Genre-fluid Composers’ Lab has served over 80 musicians from around the globe including over 20 states and 10 countries. Designed as a revolving and flexible masterclass/workshop program for emerging/early career creators of music, the Composers’ Lab explores the challenges and opportunities of the current musical landscape. Past participants have come from many walks of musical life - including self-taught improvisers, doctoral candidates, touring indie musicians, established European EDM artists, and non-music major undergraduates.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    22
    Twenty Two is the first in a series of collaborations with filmmaker Matthew Taylor and members of the San Fransisco Ballet. These mostly improvised dance performances were shot and edited by Taylor into impressionistic video sculptures. The music is a free-flowing and spontaneous response to the movement and texture of the pieces. video filmdirector filmcomposer musiccomposer originalmusic soundtrack…
    Duul Suns - Jealousy

    On December 21st, 2025, Düül Suns brought recording equipment into Please Space photo studio in Redhook, Brooklyn. A film crew captured them performing tracks from their self-titled album as night fell on the shortest day of the year.

    Glide
    Glide is a collaborative study in movement with filmmaker Matthew Taylor. Motion and sound break down into stillness and noise. video filmdirector filmcomposer musiccomposer originalmusic…
    Coventry - Sparrow
    The second Sparrow record, Lunar Tide has been described paradoxically as having “a free-form sense of reckless creative abandon” and being “a lesson in style and restraint”. Featuring contributions from Andy Clausen (Fleet Foxes, The Westerlies), Finnegan Shanahan (Contemporaneous, New Amsterdam Records), James Quinlan (Sammy Rae And The Friends), and Ricky Petraglia (Escaper). Recorded at Saltlands Studio and in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. Mastered by the Grammy-nominated Joe Lambert (Animal Collective, The Antlers, etc.). Released independently on July 7th, 2015. music vocal master indierock singer songwriter indiefolk folkrock…
    Span
    Span is the second in a series of collaborations with filmmaker Matthew Taylor. Here a brief window of time in a transient public space is temporarily stretched into an alternate reality, but the spell is quickly broken. video filmdirector filmcomposer musiccomposer originalmusic soundtrack…
    Mantra - Sixty Ton Angel
    Mantra, the latest record from Anderson’s ambient project Sixty Ton Angel, is guided meditation music designed for riding the New York City subway system. The project was born incidentally while Anderson was undergoing an anxiety attack on the subway, and began repeating phrases to himself: “I am on the train”; “the train is in the station”; “each rider on the train has a destination.” By doing so he inadvertently entered a hypnotic meditative state. These phrases evolved into the mindfulness cues featured on the record. He is currently “busking” the project on subway platforms by providing a sign with a QR code, from which riders can stream the record during their ride. The album was co-produced by Carson Graham. music instrumental voiceover master vocal ambient meditation drone soundtrack…
    The Composer's Journey

    A contest entry for Orchestral Tools’ Free Berlin Orchestra Composition contest.