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.

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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!

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Original description of project found here.

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• 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)