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Notes<\/h2>\n

The Future of Life by Dr. Edward O. Wilson is about the importance of preserving biodiversity — for many reasons, including because it is a refuge, for wildlife and for people.<\/p>\n

The book is full of scientific detail, economic data, and case studies of successes and failures. So how does it become a text for singing? Dr. Wilson is passionate about his subject and the moral and spiritual aspects of our relationship to Nature are woven into the book too. I found many passages that I could alter slightly to make a settable text and I enjoyed crafting the selections to be succinct with all the passion preserved.<\/p>\n

For this piece, I adapted his gentle, whimsical prose about spiders riding the wind to cross an ocean. Spiders get instructions on how to spin out a parachute and catch the wind. The trombone-and-piano introduction is lilting staccato and tenuto melodic fragments, my take on the texture of sounds in a meadow or forest.<\/p>\n

How Spiders Came to Hawaii<\/h3>\n

Adapted from of \u201cThe Future of Life\u201d by Edward O. Wilson, Chapter 3 Nature\u2019s Last Stand. \u00a92002, published by Vintage Books, and used with his kind permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stand tall on a leaf or twig
\nSpin silken strands out into a passing breeze
\nLet the threads grow and grow, longer, longer
\nUntil you feel a tug
\nLet go
\nAnd sail upward
\nRide the wind to anywhere<\/p>\n

Read about my project writing my biodiversity oratorio The Future of Life.<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen<\/h2>\n

This performance by the Master Singers of Lexington, MA is from the premiere of The Future of Life.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/musfiles\/pjm-FutureofLife-4spiders.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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