Tenor, Matthew Heil, was born in Anderson, South Carolina and raised throughout the south before settling in Pine Mountain Valley, Georgia. Matthew first found his love of music in the children’s choirs at Wesley United Methodist Church and Rankin Elementary in Tupelo, MS. He studied piano at age 8, then studied clarinet, bass clarinet, and tenor saxophone throughout junior high, high school, and college. Matthew studied voice with Sarah Hancock and U.S. Army Chorus Alumni, Stanley Cornett. When not performing with The U.S. Army Chorus, SSG Heil has been a featured soloist with The National Gallery of Art Vocal Ensemble, The Choral Arts Society of Washington, Loudoun Symphony Orchestra, Southern Georgia Symphony, and the Handel Choir of Baltimore. His oratorio credits include works by Vivaldi, Gounod, Liszt, Haydn, Mozart, Charpentier, Beethoven, and Brahms. Matthew has also performed leading roles in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance (Frederic), Sondheim’s A Little Night Music (Henrick), Verdi’s Falstaff (Dr. Cajus), and Charpentier’s David et Jonathas (Matthew). His ensemble contributions include productions for The Wolf Trap Opera, The Atlanta Opera, and the former Savannah Symphony Orchestra. In his spare time, Matthew sings in the Choirs of St. Paul’s Parish in Washington, D.C. and serves as a staff instructor for noteBUSTERS, an extracurricular vocal performance program for elementary students in Washington, D.C.