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Indie Alaska

Making Music with Glaciers and Snow

Matthew Burtner uses the sounds of snow, glaciers, and wind to compose abstract music.

Aired 07/10/2019

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Indie Alaska

Making Music with Glaciers and Snow

Season 8 Episode 11 | 5m 30s

Matthew Burtner uses the sounds of snow, glaciers, and wind to compose abstract music.

Matthew Burtner is using his experience as a music composer to raise awareness of climate change by making avant-garde soundscapes from Alaska's wilderness. Matthew, like most other Alaskans, has a front-row seat to climate change and he's sharing these sounds with the world through his new album, Glacier Music.

Aired 07/10/2019

FromDigital Studios

Indie Alaska

Making Music with Glaciers and Snow

Season 8 Episode 11 | 5m 30s

Matthew Burtner is using his experience as a music composer to raise awareness of climate change by making avant-garde soundscapes from Alaska's wilderness. Matthew, like most other Alaskans, has a front-row seat to climate change and he's sharing these sounds with the world through his new album, Glacier Music.

Aired 07/10/2019

FromDigital Studios

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