Booking commissions, presentations, performances and more!

This page includes details on booking a commission, presentation, concert, installation, sonification or other engagement by Matthew Burtner. Current touring projects include EcoSono Ensemble, the Auksalaq climate change opera, Time Lapse Dance's Melting Ice/Changing Winds program, and Transient Landscapes.

More information and booking contacts for each of these collaborative projects can be found below. Simply use the Contact Form tab to start a dialog about a project.

For science PIs interested in involving ecoacoustics and broader impacts in Federal grant proposals, Burtner is an awarded researcher in the NSF network and has a SciENCV listing OMB-3145-0058.

This audio-visual experience is mesmerizing and subliminal. Burtner plays with beauty, coolness and space -- halfway between chamber music and sound sculpture"

Sonhors Magazine, France

Current Touring Projects

EcoSono Ensemble multimedia performance

The performance includes a program of engaging environmental music featuring a mixed ensemble of virtuosic musicians and multimedia ecoacoustics. EcoSono Ensemble is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. The cost is negotiable based on the number of musicians, duration of the concert, and travel. Contact music@ecosono.org for a booking quote or use the Contact tab above for more information.

Time Lapse Dance Melting Ice/Changing Winds dance/music program

Still image from "Wind Rose" by choreographer Jody Sperling and composer Matthew Burtner
Time Lapse Dance will perform a full length concert of works by Burtner/Sperling, from their repertoire of "Ice Cycle", "Wind Rose", "American Elm", "Plastic Harvest" and "Piece for Northern Sky".
For booking contact info@timelapsedance.com or use the Contact Tab on this site to start a discussion.

"Transient Landscapes," performed life-sized glacier sound cast

"Transient Landscapes" was created by Matthew Burtner and Matthew Duvall (founder and Co-Director of Eighth Blackbird). This glacier orchestra creates a fully immersive and interactive performance sound artwork for glacier ecoacoustics, percussionists, three groups of performers, audience participation, and multichannel surround sound. The work is intended for outdoor performance and can include dozens or up to hundreds of performers. Burtner and Duvall typically work in residence with schools and festivals to produce the piece with engaged participants. Download the PDF document attached to learn more, and reach out using the Contact form above.

"Auksalaq" climate change opera

"Auksalaq" by Matthew Burtner and Scott Deal received the IDEA Award following it's premiere on the evening Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New York. Since its auspicious beginnings the opera has become a landmark of multimedia opera, using climate change data and featuring innovative telematic software to address themes of global warming. The opera is performed by a chamber ensemble, live video by Scott Deal, and electronics by Matthew Burtner.
The piece has been performed in Ohio, Texas, Alaska, Indiana, New York, Washington DC, Virginia, and Norway. Visit auksalaq.org for more information, and book a performance by using the Contact form above.