Matt LoRusso has been playing guitar since 1995 when he received his first guitar for Christmas. He started taking lessons shortly after studying music theory and classical guitar repertoire. Matt placed first place during the Hyatt Regency Classical Guitar competition in 1997 and 1998 before retiring from competitive music to achieve an intrinsic journey through his instrument.
Matt has played with Rodney Whitaker, Wessell Anderson, Diego Rivera, Derrick Gardner, Bill Heid, Greg Williams, and Anthony Stanco; as well as Organissimo & Marcus Elliot. In addition to leading his own group, he is a regular in the band led by RJ Spangler & Tbone Paxton and is one their upcoming CD.