Matt Belzer Awarded CIRCA-IMET Artist-in-Residence Fellowship

Matt Belzer, Director of the Jazz Studies program and Teaching Professor in the Department of Music, has been awarded the 2025 CIRCA-IMET Artist-in-Residence Fellowship. During his residency, Matt will consult with scientists at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) to understand sensory systems, comparative life spans, and other biological and behavioral processes to create The Ocean is Aware, a proposed composed suite for an ensemble of creative musicians and a live performance. The musical material within the suite would be drawn from insights about the way sea life interacts with its environment, their perception of time, and their awareness of humans and each other. This performance could be documented as an audio-video recording with the potential for later exhibition.