{"id":3443,"date":"2018-10-02T13:47:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T04:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/?p=3443"},"modified":"2019-04-05T03:14:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T16:44:03","slug":"matthew-atherton-short-bio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/matthew-atherton-short-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Atherton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #dcdcdc;\"><a style=\"color: #dcdcdc;\" href=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2683\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2683 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Atherton\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-600x599.jpg 600w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg 1600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/matthew-atherton\/\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">MATTHEW ATHERTON<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #dcdcdc;\"><span class=\"fl-heading-text\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">(Vocals, Soundscapes, Synthesizers)<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffcc99;\"><strong>&#8220;In what may seem like a bleak outlook for humanity and the planet, glimmers of hope have been found.\u00a0 They are in music, whether writing or performing, or both. Mark (Truey) has long held positive visions for the future and it\u2019s a part of his character I\u2019ve always admired. It\u2019s humbling for me to contribute to this uplifting project with its global, \u2018all-star\u2019 cast.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dcdcdc;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #dcdcdc;\">Atherton is an organist and composer, and is presently\u00a0teaching at Pembroke School. His professional career has featured many solo and ensemble performances, including engagements with the Adelaide Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, most of Adelaide&#8217;s major choirs, along with many performances for the Adelaide Town Hall&#8217;s annual organ recital series. He has also performed on numerous cathedral organs around the United Kingdom, Paris, and in Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dcdcdc;\">In maintaining his sincere affection for Progressive Rock, Jazz, Electronic and Ambient music, Atherton has enjoyed a parallel occupation as a keyboard player in various original and cover bands throughout the years. From the 1990s, he was involved in Genesis Touch (Adelaide\u2019s only Genesis tribute band, with Mark Trueack), Sound (with Mark Franco and Joe Toscano), Glass Onion (a Beatles cover band with Matt Goodluck and Mark Franco), and The William Campbell Conspiracy (also with Mark Franco).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/matthew-atherton\/\"><span style=\"color: #dcdcdc;\">Read more\/ Full bio<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MATTHEW ATHERTON (Vocals, Soundscapes, Synthesizers) &#8220;In what may seem like a bleak outlook for humanity and the planet, glimmers of hope have been found.\u00a0 They are in music, whether writing or performing, or both. Mark (Truey) has long held positive visions for the future and it\u2019s a part of his character I\u2019ve always admired. It\u2019s humbling for me to contribute to this uplifting project with its global, \u2018all-star\u2019 cast.\u201d Matthew\u00a0Atherton is an organist and composer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-3443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-col1"],"gutentor_comment":0,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",1600,1597,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-768x767.jpg",768,767,true],"large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-1024x1022.jpg",1024,1022,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",1536,1533,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",1600,1597,false],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",802,800,false],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",571,570,false],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",600,599,false],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",600,600,false],"et-pb-post-main-image":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",250,250,false],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",676,675,false],"et-pb-portfolio-image":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",285,284,false],"et-pb-portfolio-module-image":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",383,382,false],"et-pb-portfolio-image-single":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",1080,1078,false],"et-pb-gallery-module-image-portrait":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",400,399,false],"et-pb-post-main-image-fullwidth-large":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",1600,1597,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--desktop":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",721,720,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--tablet":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",552,551,false],"et-pb-image--responsive--phone":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton.jpg",271,270,false],"album-thumb":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-120x80.jpg",120,80,true],"photo-thumb":["https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Matt-Atherton-160x120.jpg",160,120,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ted Ollikkala","author_link":"https:\/\/unitedprogressivefraternity.com\/site\/author\/ted-ollikkala\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"MATTHEW ATHERTON (Vocals, Soundscapes, Synthesizers) &#8220;In what may seem like a bleak outlook for humanity and the planet, glimmers of hope have been found.\u00a0 They are in music, whether writing or performing, or both. 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