Tag: biodiversity
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Does making art engender hope? Or does hope cause artists to create?
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Read more: Does making art engender hope? Or does hope cause artists to create?I’m not accustomed to giving speeches, but yesterday I collaborated with two colleagues, poet Regie Gibson and visual artist Sirarpi Heghinian Walzer, to present a convocation at Fisher College. We speechified; we performed poetry with piano accompaniment; we displayed visual art on easels and projected large on the stage. Our topic was collaboration, how we’ve…
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The Future of Life almost ready for premiere
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Read more: The Future of Life almost ready for premiereOn Wednesday, we had the next-to-final rehearsal of The Future of Life and I met the trombone player. I had hoped to work with him during my composing phase, but I never made contact. However, he is spot-on with his interpretations. The chorus had progressed a whole lot since the week before. Some of the…
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Inspiring Myself for Conservation
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Read more: Inspiring Myself for ConservationI am excited about this new choral piece The Future of Life. I always am before the premiere. But the theme, biodiversity, is particularly resonant in the real world. Since I wrote it, I’ve felt a bit obsessive about wanting to be better about conservation and energy efficiency. There’s a lot going on in my…