Along with his career as mix engineer and producer, Matteo Marciano has had responsibilities in the creation and improvement of several academic programs in Music Production and Sound Engineering in Italy, in the US, and in the United Arab Emirates including the Music Production and Sound Engineering Course of the Master of Music from LUISS University of Rome, where currently he holds the position of Associate Professor. Along with that, Matteo worked as Adjunct Professor at The Institute of Audio Research in New York City where he held a series of in-depth lectures and labs on advanced mixing techniques in a course called Technology of Mixing.

Matteo Marciano is an AVID Certified Pro Tools Instructor and an active member of A.E.S. – Audio Engineering Society. He holds a Licensed Private Career School Teacher Certificate from The State Education Department from the University of The State of New York.

In addition, to maintain an intense international career as a mixer engineer, producer, and educator, he works as music composer and sound designer for different Music Publishing companies, TV shows, feature films and commercials in all stages of production including automatic dialog replacement, sound design, surrounds mixing, and Foley recording.

At NYUAD, he serves as Assistant Professor of Practice of Music Technology, overseeing courses and activities of the Recording Studio while playing a seminal role in its development. During the academic year of 2018 to 2020 as he had served as Assistant Head of the Music Program. During the academic years 2017-2018, he also developed an international partnership with AVID Pro Tools, the world-leading software in the television and video industry, to create television shows, feature films, and commercials, making NYUAD the first University in Abu Dhabi to be an Avid Learning Partner.

Matteo Marciano has redesigned and taught the courses Music Technology Fundamentals and Recording & Production Techniques at NYUAD. He also created and developed new music technology electives, Musical Acoustics, Mixing & Mastering Techniques, Fundamentals of Digital Audio: Introduction to Pro Tools, and Immersive Audio Storytelling for Motion Picture.

Matteo Marciano’s research interests lie in Music Cognition and the impact that music mixing has on mental processes underlying musical behaviors. He explores how emotions, environment, cognitive capacity, personality, individual differences, and other factors influence the way we perceive music, as well as the impact of technological advances on Music Mixing Techniques and Recording Technology.

Since coming to NYU Abu Dhabi, Matteo Marciano has been interested in engaging with the local music community and NYUAD community providing a collaborative framework for committed students to apply their musical technological creativity to the development of innovative artistic and technological arts. In Spring 2018, Matteo Marciano started the very first cross-school collaboration between NYU Abu Dhabi music technology students and the NYU Production Lab.

With his immense passion for music, Matteo is dedicated to bring all his experience and audio engineering knowledge to his classes, helping his students to achieve their education and career goals for a brilliant future in the Entertainment Industry and other music technology fields.