Matt Astle

Matt Astle found Northwest Sound and barbershop in general through the "sing!, Sing! SING!"  program in 2011, soon after moving to the area, and has been hooked ever since.  He’s been a musician since he was very little – he won his first composition contest in 1st grade (because he was the only entry!) – and he went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in music and work for many years as an attorney in the field of copyright and music licensing (though he now works for Costco writing boring supply contracts).  So it’s understandable that he became interested in barbershop arranging.  He attended Harmony University in 2016 under the Lou Perry Arranging Scholarship and has solidly established himself as at least a third-tier arranger in the society, receiving commissions from groups all over the place.  But arranging for Northwest Sound is always the best, because he gets to hear the final product every week!  Matt has four daughters who vehemently insist that they will never form a quartet called “Daddy’s Girls,” but Matt continues to hold out hope…