title: Matthew McKagan
text: # Matthew McKagan
  
  Matt McKagan (born April 8, 1961) in Seattle, WA, is a Grammy-nominated, award-winning Music Educator at Lindero Canyon Middle School in Agoura Hills, CA.
  
  ## 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 (2018) won first place in the middle school division at Reno Jazz Festival during years: 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018.
  
  ## Performance Career
  
  McKagan performed as a hornist and recorded with his brother, Duff McKagan, on several Guns N' Roses albums including the "Live and Let Die" track on Use Your Illusion I.
  
  