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.
This page is currently under construction!
I’m working on building out the page with pictures and even some videos — a work in progress.
Composers and their pieces are listed at below — a complete list is beneath headshots —
with links to their websites (if available) and program notes.
More coming soon — check back for updates!
Original description of project found here.
Robert Adámy Duisberg
Brian Field
Fabricio Gatta

Falling Down the Same Exact Way
Three Times
III. They Hear Your Violence,
and They Rise (2019)
Robert Gross
Maria Christine Muyco
Bosba Panh
D. Alexander Porter
Scott Senko
Paul Szpyrka
Yasuhiro Takenaka
Erick Tapia
Robin Whirlwind Soldier
- Tatev Amiryan, Armenia; Berkano (2018)
- Krists Auznieks, 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; €xtin¢tion$
- 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)
- Robert Adámy Duisberg, United States; What We Can Say (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 Exact 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 Fried 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)
- Anél 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)