Music about Climate Change
In late 2019, I was feeling really, reaaallllly despondent about the climate crisis. Every day, I read more devastating news about something on earth that was now extinct, in flames, or underwater. Wanting to make some kind of difference (and knowing that I don’t have the personality or fortitude to run for office), I launched a call for scores so that I could use music to make a difference.
What a phenomenal response! Composers in more than 35 countries sent me more than 170 pieces–with multi-movement works and larger sets, I received 316 individual movements/pieces.
Composers and their pieces are listed below, with links to their websites (if available) and program notes.
Original description of project found here.
- Tatev Amiryan, Armenia; Berkano (2018)
- Krists Ausnieks, NY/Latvia; Water (2017)
- Lawrence Axelrod, United States; Talking to Trees, VI. “Zephyr” (2020)
- Juhi Bansal, India/Hong Kong; Land of Waking Dreams (2018)
- Daniel Blinkhorn, Australia; frostbYte – chalk outline (2015)
- James Bohn, United States; Extinctions
- Doug Buist, United Kingdom; The Mazed Earth (2020)
- Alex Burtzos, United States; Perforation (2018)
- Clifton Callender, United States; Meditation on a Warming Planet (2020)
- Laura Collier, United States; Tarantella
- Vanessa Cornett, United States; Our World So Freely Given (2020)
- Michael Culver, United States; Piano Sonata, I. Prologue to the Future; III. Aftermath (2020)
- R. Michael Daugherty, United States; Mindfulness in the Midst of It (2020)
- Wendy Davis, United States; Meditation for Earth and Sky (2020)
- Daniel De Togni, United States; Garden of Light (2018)
- Ian Dicke, United States; White Parasol (2008)
- Natalie Draper, United States; Until there is nothing left (2018)
- Dario Duarte, Argentina; Stop Deforestation! (2020)
- Brian Field, United States; FIRE (2020)
- Fabricio Gatta, Argentina; La Escondida
- Gunter Gaupp, United States; Those Who Watch (2020)
- Michael Genese, United States; Falling Down the Same Way Three Times, III. “They hear your violence and they rise” (2019)
- Robert Gross, United States; We Have Everything We Need (2020)
- Zach Gulaboff Davis, Macedonia/United States; Toward Hope (2020)
- Yasha Hoffman, United States; 451 (2021)
- Slavomír Hořínka, Czech Republic; Trust in Heart (2016-18)
- Frank Horvat, Canada; Heat Island (2017)
- Elyse Kahler, United States; A Thread of Hope (2020)
- Francis Kayali, France/United States; What Have We Done? (2020)
- Karen Lemon, Australia; Forgive Them Not, For They Know What They Do (2020)
- Beverly Lewis, Canada; Mit Friend und Freud ich fahr dahin (2017)
- Stephen F. Lilly, United States; Vanishing (2020)
- Casey Mathur, United States; Melting Snow
- Connor David McCain, United States; Lux æterna (2019)
- John McLachlan, Ireland; fiailí ceoil (2019)
- Julia Mermelstein, Canada; Only Edges (2018)
- Darleen Mitchell, United States; For the Beauty of the Earth (2020)
- Salam Murtada, United States/Jordan; Our Masterpiece Destroyed! (2020)
- Maria Christine Muyco, the Phillipines; Ga Sirum Sirum
- Bosba Panh, Cambodia; le peu de temps qu’il nous reste … (2018)
- D. Alexander Porter, United States; Cementscapes, III. “Filthy Rotten” (2021)
- Alessio Rossato, Italy; Å5577 6300 (2011)
- Anna Rubin, United States; For the Love of Bees (2010; rev. 2019)
- Minato Sakamoto, Japan; Nocturne for Chinese Railway (2018)
- Paul SanGregory, United States/Taiwan; Weather Sketches (2019)
- Laura Schwendinger, United States; Magic Carpet Music, II. “Air” (2002)
- Scott Senko, United States; Boiled Frog (2020)
- Saman Shahi, Canada; Chaotic Dance (2015)
- Judith Shatin, United States; Plain Song (2015)
- Randall Snyder, United States; Ice Age (2019)
- Paul Szpyrka, United States; Resurrection of Icarus, VII. “Into Light” (2015)
- Yasuhiro Takenaka, Japan; Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, I. “Cherry blossoms falling like snowflakes” (2014)
- Erick Tapia, Mexico; Solipsismo (2019)
- David Evan Thomas, United States; Landscape of Shadow and Light (2012)
- Kristian Twombly, United States; Interdecadal Oscillations (2020)
- Anel Van de Venter, South Africa; Birdflight III. con mosso (2020)
- Robin Whirlwind Soldier, United States; Lingering in the Back of the Mind (2022)
- Chris Williams, England; Trees of India II. “Jacaranda” (2009)
- Dalen Wuest, United States; Dancing Under Waves (2017)
- Kangyi Zhang, Singapore/United States; Cyclic Coexistence (2017)
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