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AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta Senior Events and Learning Media Production Specialist Rick Burns has received the 2025 AVA Digital Awards platinum distinction for his production of the music video “You Will Carry Me.”
Administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, this international competition honors creative professionals for excellence in planning, concept, direction, design and production of digital media.
The project features the musical group Lab Brats performing “You Will Carry Me,” a song written and performed by university Assistant Professor of Music Lindsey Wiehl. Produced as part of the university’s music course, which focuses on integrating music with visual storytelling, the video showcases Maine-based performers, including university students.
Burns, who produces videos and facilitates live events, is a 1992 graduate of the New England School of Communications and has been with the University of Maine at Augusta since 2001.
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