Born 1961 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Matthew H. Fields grew 
up in and completed the public schools of Deerfield, Illinois 
before earning two bachelor degrees at Oberlin College in Ohio (1985, 
1986), a masters degree at Stanford University in California (1987), 
and a doctoral degree at University of Michigan (1991). One of his 
bachelor degrees is in mathematics, and the rest of his degrees are 
in music composition. Rigorous training in computer science is woven 
into the fabric of these studies, and Fields has worked extensively 
as a computer programmer while continuing to compose and promote music. 

Tuition at Stanford was paid by the private Johnson-Maile Fellowship, 
and at Michigan, Fields was a recipient of the Regents' Fellowship, 
a state-administered grant which provided tuition and a small stipend. 
Other honors include associate appointment to the Sigma Xi scientific 
research society (1984), first prize in a composition contest of the 
Ferruccio Busoni Memorial Society (1991), honorable mention in the 
Harvey Gaul Composition Competition of Pittsburg New Music Ensemble 
(2002), second prize in the composition competition of the Utah 
Composers Guild (2002), winner of the League of Composers/ISCM
Composition Competition (2006), and a place at the Orchestral Readings
and Composers' Institute of the Minnesota Orchestra (2006).
 
Recordings of music by Matthew H. Fields are published by Centaur
Records and MMC Recordings. His works have been heard in concert and
on the radio in various parts of the United States as well as Brazil,
Korea, Russia, Taiwan, Armenia, and other places.

He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.