Mr. Kost is excited to begin his journey in his new role as Dean of Student Culture serving our upper school student body!
Matthew Kost is a former graduate of California Baptist University earning a Bachelors of Music in Music Education. Specializing in the woodwind family and vocals, he brings a wide array of experience through his teaching in public and private schools since 2015. However, in 2021, Mr. Kost moved to Schertz, Texas and has worked in the Great Hearts network, sharing in the vision of pursuing truth, goodness, and beauty. Motivated by a love for learning, he hopes to bring an inward joy through the experience of organized sound. A goal for every class is to help students build and cultivate a vocabulary of music as Suzuki once said, “Music is the language of the heart, without words.”
Mr. Kost is married to his best friend and fellow musician, Linda Kost. Both graduating from California Baptist University, they met traveling the world bringing the joy of music to congregations and audiences. Performing in five countries, Mr. Kost performed with the Saringhimig Singers, a choral group based out of Oakland, CA from 2015-2019. In college, he performed with the Concert Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, Choral Union, Male Choral, University Choir and Orchestra, Hope (a vocal small group), and was the sound engineer for the New Song choir. When he is not practicing or rehearsing with his church, he enjoys traveling with his wife, reading, golfing, bowling, and attending Bible studies.