An award-winning conductor, arranger, and composer for film, theater, and television, Peter Matz is perhaps best known for his work on Barbra Streisand's early albums and as musical director on The Carol Burnett Show. Born in Pittsburgh, he studied chemical engineering at UCLA and played assorted woodwinds in local dance bands during his spare time; following graduation, he traveled to Paris for two years to soak up the city's music scene, and in 1954 went to New York to study piano and music theory. His first job was as rehearsal pianist for Harold Arlen's musical House of Fl...