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Professor Matthew Burtner wearing a yellow jacket and giving a lecture.
Jun 04, 2025

Director of Graduate Studies and Eleanor Shea Professor of Music Matthew Burtner was featured on the College of Arts and Sciences homepage for his Summer work at UVA's Morven Farm:

"An internationally acclaimed composer, sound artist and ecoacoustician, Music professor Matthew Burtner has performed his work in concerts around the world and has had his music featured by organizations ranging from NASA, the U.S. State Department and National Geographic to the BBC and PBS NewsHour. Burtner is spending part of this summer teaching at UVA's Morven Farm as part of a sustainability-focused teaching, research and engagement program. This video offers a glimpse of a day with the Alaskan-born Burtner and his "Sound and Sustainability" students as they take their sound field kits to Morven's Japanese Garden and surrounding landscapes to record the musical sounds of nature."

Watch the video about Matthew Burtner's Summer field work here


Original text from University of Virginia's College of Arts and Sciences website