Performing for the University of Virginia’s Class of 2020 during Saturday’s virtual celebration – on what was to have been their graduation weekend – Dave Matthews did not fall back on one of his longtime hits. Instead, he turned to a new song, “Singing from the Windows,” written during this strange time of quarantine.
As Matthews sang and played his acoustic guitar, it was hard to imagine a song more perfectly and poignantly fitted for its moment – and it certainly struck a chord. Since it was shared Saturday on UVA’s Facebook page, the video of Matthews’ performance has reached more than 1.4 million people.
As Matthews sang, photos of graduating students at their own windows scrolled by, taken by University photographer Sanjay Suchak.