Composing the Climate
Composing the Climate is an ongoing project seeking to commission and present chamber music that engages with the climate crisis. By foregrounding the voices of today's composers,
Past composers include Sam Sharp and Shi-An Costello. Their works were premiered in Fall 2023 at Constellation, with myself on piano, Dana DeBofsky, viola, and Missing Piece.
In Spring of 2024, I took a tangential path and presented solo works for piano that spoke overtly or subtly to this same theme. One performance included a version of my own composition on climate change and an exploration of the various places I have lived. Another included music from prior eras that I find a source inspiration for considering ideas of transformation and adaptation.
Currently, composers Scott Rubin, Alissa Voth and Ben Zucker are writing new piano trios exploring themes of climate change through lenses of society, history and emotional processing. These new works were premiered on January 12, 2025, in collaboration with Missing Piece at Elastic Arts. We will present a companion show on April 27, 2025 at Epiphany Center for the Arts. This show also includes new films by Zack Sievers.
Please reach out if you are interested in collaborating on this project: I'm also looking for interested composers, chamber musicians, and hosting venues.
This project has its roots in my doctoral project (link to the thesis paper below).
