Dr. Matthew Burtner
Assistant Professor of Composition and Computer Music
Associate Director, VCCM

email: mburtner@virginia.edu
web: www.burtner.net

University of Virginia
McIntire Department of Music
Virginia Center for Computer Music (VCCM)

UVA Courses
Technosonics: Digital Music and Sound Art Composition, MUSI 235: spring 2006
Interactive Ecologies and Multiperformer Systems, MUSI 435/735: spring 2006
Introduction to Computers in Music: Acoustruments, MUSI 339: fall 2005
American Musical Mavericks, MUSI 205: fall 2005
Making Musical Things, MUSI 435/735: fall 2004
New Media Opera, MUSI 743: spring 2004
Introduction to Computers in Music: Interactive Acoustics, MUSI 339, spring 2004, fall 2004
Introduction to Computers in Music: Digital Media Collaboration, www.uvanewmedia.com, ARTS 222 with MUSI 339, fall 2003
Sound Studio: The String in Computer Music, MUSI 443/743 spring 2003
Materials of Contemporary Music: Experimental European Music, MUSI447/747: spring 2003
Winter Raven: Multimedia Performance Production, MUSI 394 spring 2003
Interactive Media, MUSI 435/735 fall 2002, fall 2003
Introduction to Computers in Music, MUSI 339 fall 2002
Composition Materials and Techniques: Fluidity and Expression, MUSI 336 spring 2002
Sound Studio: The Voice in Computer Music, MUSI 443/743 spring 2002
Interactive Computer Music, MUSI 435/735 fall 2001
Introduction to Computers in Music, MUSI 439/739 fall 2001
Composition, MUSI 393/394/494, ongoing
Graduate Composition, MUSI 881/882, ongoing
PhD Directed Research, MUSI 891/892, ongoing
PhD Non-Topical Research, MUSI 897, ongoing

 

"Vital Stats"

Education:
D.M.A. in composition, Stanford University/Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA);
M.M. in computer music, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University;
B.F.A. (summa cum laude) in composition, Tulane University;
Additional studies at Xenakis' UPIC Studios, Paris in computer music; and St. Johns College, Santa Fe in philosophy;

Significant Residencies:
Composer-in-Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff (1995-6); Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (1996); Audiovisual Institute (IUA), Barcelona (1997-98); and Musikene Conservatory, San Sebastian (2005)
Invited Researcher IRCAM/ Centre Pompidou, Paris (2005)

Professional interests:
composition and sound art;
music technology;
interactive computer music performance;
multimedia;
ecoacoustics.