Currently based in Plano, Texas, Matthew Frerck is a performer and composer with experience in the fields of free jazz/creative music, free-improvisation and contemporary classical. His multi-faceted approach to playing bass has led him to share the stage with acclaimed artists such as Henry Threadgill and Zooid, Aaron Dilloway, Alan Braufman, and Ken Vandermark among others.

Since 2017, Frerck has found a home within the avant-garde music scene in Texas collaborating with many Texas-based artists including Aaron Gonzalez, Sarah Ruth Alexander, Chase Gardner, Danny Kamins, Atlas Maior, Gerard Bendiks, Sounds Modern, and Sandy Ewen, among others.

At the present moment, Frerck teaches middle school orchestral strings and actively performs with collaborative ensembles Trio Glossia (w/ Stefan Gonzalez, Joshua Canate) and The Chicago/Texas Sound Ensemble (w/ Ken Vandermark, Jonathan Horne, Stefan Gonzalez, Kory Cook).

Frerck holds a BM from Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied Double Bass in Contemporary Performance and Improvisation. While studying at Oberlin, Frerck’s mentors included bassist/pedagogue Peter Dominguez and bassoonist/improvisor Dana Jessen.