Matthew McKagan
Matt McKagan in Seattle, WA, is a former Grammy-nominated, award-winning Music Educator at Lindero Canyon Middle School in Agoura Hills, CA.
He is an older brother of Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan.
National awards
On 26 October 2022, McKagan was named a semi-finalist for the Grammy's 2023 Music Educator Award.McKagan previously won national music education awards including the Mr. Holland's Opus Award in 2017, given at Carnegie Hall to the most inspiring Music Educators in the nation, along with the Los Angeles Music Center's 1999 BRAVO Award, which honors innovation and creativity in arts education.
Under McKagan's direction, Lindero Jazz Band "A" or Combo won first place in the middle school division at Reno Jazz Festival during years: 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018.