About Matso Limtiaco

Among jazz arrangers and composers who make their homes in the Northwest, Matso Limtiaco is not the most well-known nor the most prolific. Yet he is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most polished and professional writers anywhere.

Limtiaco gained his first notoriety as a marching band arranger for Washington State University, and then for the University of Washington. After spending several years in music education, Matso left teaching and now works as an independent composer/arranger, with a "day job" as a technical writer for a large manufacturing company.

Along the way, he studied composition and arranging with Bill Smith, Greg Yasinitsky, and Charles Argersinger. When he joined the ECJO in 1994 as baritone saxophonist, he immediately started writing charts for the band, and today the book is almost exclusively made up of his arrangements.

Matso resides with his wife Melanie and sons Alex and A.J. in Snohomish WA.