Matthew Hoy, SSL Artistic Director, is Program Manager at Australian National Academy of Music & Artistic Director of Soft Soft Loud since its inception in 2006. Hoy has a Masters Degree from Manhattan School of Music, New York where he also appeared at BAM & at The Kennedy Centre, Washington DC. Formerly a cellist with West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO), Hoy has also appeared at both Perth & Sydney International Arts Festivals, is a founding member of fused & also founding member of hybrid string/beats collective ‘wood’ who released their debut EP in 2009.