Dr. Matthew Suttor is a New Zealand–born composer and educator. Since joining Yale University in 1999, he has served in a range of interdisciplinary roles—beginning in the Department of Music, then as Professor in the Practice of Sound Design at the David Geffen School of Drama (2002–2023), and currently as Program Manager at the Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) and Senior Lecturer in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies.
At CCAM, in collaboration with his colleagues, he shapes public programming; oversees Sponsored Courses, CCAM MIX, and the Temporary Experts program; and forges campus-wide and external partnerships that position the center as a nexus for creative work across the arts, technology, and the environment, including grant-funded initiatives such as CCAM’s AI Incubator and the Yale Planetary Solutions–supported Resounding Nature project.
Suttor’s creative work blends acoustic tradition with music technology, spanning operas, dance works, theatrical scores, chamber music, sacred compositions, sound installations, and media for film and television. His recent projects include I AM ALAN TURING, an AI-driven opera that explores Turing’s legacy and our evolving relationship with machine intelligence. His compositions and performances have been presented by leading institutions including: 92nd St. Y (NYC), Atlantic Theater Company, BAM Next Wave, Bard SummerScape, Beinecke Library, Eastman School of Music, Folkwang Tanzstudio (Essen), Guggenheim Museum, Hochschule der Künste (Bern), Institute of Sacred Music (Yale), International Organ Academy (Göteborg), June in Buffalo, Lincoln Center, Merce Cunningham Dance Studio, Prague Mozart Festival, New Music New Haven, New Zealand Festival of the Arts, PBS, Portland Center Stage, San Jose Rep, Spark Festival (Minnesota), St. Peter’s Cathedral (Bremen), Symphony Space (NYC), Television New Zealand, and Yale Repertory Theatre.
As a committed member of the Yale arts community, Suttor brings over two decades of experience as a teacher and mentor. His creative research explores questions such as how to derive music from natural patterns, how to collaborate effectively with AI, and how to teach creativity. A Fulbright Scholar, he holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition from Columbia University.