An industry veteran that understands the music behind the business
MATT VANCE recently retired from Buffet Crampon USA, North American distributor/subsidiary of Buffet Crampon Group, after almost 20 years as Buffet Crampon USA’s Woodwind Product Specialist. He supervised woodwind quality control, research & development, and dealer/customer relations in the United States and Canada for the world’s largest professional wind instrument manufacturer. Matt was the North American liaison for the Buffet Crampon (clarinets, saxophones, oboes), Julius Keilwerth (saxophones), Rigoutat (oboes and English horns) and W. Schreiber (bassoons) brands and their respective production facilities in France, Germany, and China. He also worked directly in Artist Relations with Buffet Crampon USA’s world-class Artist roster.
Matt was extensively involved in the marketing of the woodwind brands for Buffet Crampon USA and produced product audio and video sessions for national and local retailers throughout North America. Videos produced by Matt have been featured on the YouTube channels of Woodwind Brasswind, Music & Arts, and Musician’s Friend. He hosted videos in the #RhapsodyLive webcast series from Buffet Crampon, featured on the Buffet Crampon Rhapsody Live YouTube channel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Buffet Crampon USA’s #WePlayProdige Artist video campaign was created and produced by Matt, utilizing Artist testimonials to highlight and promote the brand’s Prodige student clarinet. He recorded audio product sessions as a sales tool for the Buffet Crampon USA sales team and BCUSA’s network of authorized dealers around the United States and Canada. Matt also served as manager of the Buffet Crampon USA Double Reed Showroom in Jacksonville, offering hand-selected direct sales of Buffet Crampon professional oboes, English horns and French bassoons; Rigoutat oboes and English horns; and W. Schreiber bassoons and contrabassoons.
As a music industry and business veteran, Matt is available for clinics, lectures and master classes in music business, music entrepreneurship, product training/testing, music education, and music performance.
He has presented on-site product sessions, online product sessions, and music business lectures at schools around the United States and Canada, including Appalachian State University, Baylor University, Brandon University, Charleston Southern University, Colorado State University, The Crane School of Music (SUNY Potsdam), The Florida State University, the University of Florida, the University of Kansas, Northwestern University, the University of North Texas, The Ohio State University, and the University of Texas (Austin). Matt also provided product sessions for music retailers and dealers in Buffet Crampon USA’s authorized dealer network.
Buffet Crampon 100 Series saxophone product session (sales/product training content)
