The Future of Life

by Pamela J. Marshall

for SATB chorus, trombone, piano

Duration 30 minutes

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In The Future of Life, the chorus sings a message from Pullitzer Prize winner and famed entomologist and conservation biologist Dr. Edward O. Wilson – the need to preserve the world’s biodiversity.

The eight movements range from a conversation with Henry David Thoreau on the state of the natural world today, a warning and invitation to protect habitat now instead of later in “Pay Mother Her Due”, and a poetic vision of species distribution in “How Spiders Came to Hawaii”. Two additional texts, “Bee-Song” by poet Anne Baring and “Grand Grand Mother is returning” by Judy Grahn, celebrate nature and humanity. The music strikes a balance between warning and hope. Dr. Wilson believes there is hope, if we decide that biodiversity matters to us and we act very soon to protect all of life.

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The composer writes:

“I found deep inspiration in E.O. Wilson’s book The Future of Life. He writes with passion and built-in poetry about a topic that really concerns me. I hope when you hear the music, you will want to get Dr. Wilson’s book and think about these issues.”

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Listen to an MP3 of excerpts of the The Future of Life, with The Master Singers, Adam Grossman conducting. Hear all the movements on the Spindrift Listening page.

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