Marty Wheeler Burnett, D.Min. is the Associate Professor of Church Music and Director of Chapel Music. She joined the Seminary faculty in 2020.
Marty Wheeler Burnett, D.Min., is the Associate Professor of Church Music and Director of Chapel Music at Virginia Theological Seminary. Her publications, presentations, and research focus on liturgical music, particularly hymns and service music by women. Burnett is a past President of the Association of Anglican Musicians and a current member of the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music of The Episcopal Church. She has served parishes in Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Nebraska, and her compositions are published by Church Publishing Incorporated, MorningStar Music, Randall M. Egan, St. James Music Press, and Selah Publishing Company. Burnett’s new book, Shapers of The Hymnal 1982: Our Faith in Words and Music (Church Publishing, 2025) celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the Episcopal hymnal’s publication.