{"id":8350,"date":"2018-09-06T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mocfv.org\/?post_type=staff-member&#038;p=8350"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T19:31:43","slug":"honken-matthew","status":"publish","type":"staff-member","link":"https:\/\/mocfv.org\/index.php\/staff-members\/honken-matthew\/","title":{"rendered":"Honken, Matthew"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n \r\n<div class=\"staff-member\">\r\n\r\n\t<!-- Featured Image -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"staff-photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mocfv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/28-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Honken, Matthew\" class=\"company_directory_staff_member_photo\" width=\"150px\" height=\"150px\" \/><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t<div class=\"staff-member-right\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"staff-member-title\">Band Director, High School<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"staff-member-department\">High School, Middle School<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"staff-member-bio\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>I grew up in northwest Iowa and graduated from Northwestern College in 2015 with a B.A. in Music Education. At MOC-Floyd Valley High School, I co-direct the Pride of the Dutchmen Marching Band, direct the 9th and 10th grade concert band, and direct Dutchmen Jazz I. I also teach our Dutchmen Jazz Lab, and spend time each week teaching middle school band lessons. Outside of school, I serve as an adjunct music professor at Northwestern College and teach private lessons at Dordt University. My wife, Rachel, and our four children are proud to be part of the MOC-Floyd Valley community, and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve its students and families in music.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<!-- Only show Mailing Address and Contact Info in single view -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":10036,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":""},"staff-member-category":[102,103],"class_list":["post-8350","staff-member","type-staff-member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","staff-member-category-high-school","staff-member-category-middle-school"],"metadata":{"first_name":["Matthew"],"last_name":["Honken"],"title":["Band Director, High School"],"email":["mhonken@mocfv.org"],"website":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PrideoftheDutchmenMarchingBand"]},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/mocfv.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/28-100x125.jpg","bio":"I grew up in northwest Iowa and graduated from Northwestern College in 2015 with a B.A. in Music Education. At MOC-Floyd Valley High School, I co-direct the Pride of the Dutchmen Marching Band, direct the 9th and 10th grade concert band, and direct Dutchmen Jazz I. I also teach our Dutchmen Jazz Lab, and spend time each week teaching middle school band lessons. Outside of school, I serve as an adjunct music professor at Northwestern College and teach private lessons at Dordt University. My wife, Rachel, and our four children are proud to be part of the MOC-Floyd Valley community, and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve its students and families in music.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocfv.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff-member\/8350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocfv.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff-member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocfv.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff-member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocfv.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocfv.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"staff-member-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocfv.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff-member-category?post=8350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}