Download a non-printing preview version of the score.\n\n\tDownload “The Future of Life for SATB chorus, trombone, piano: preview”\tpjm-futureoflife-preview-sm.pdf\t\t– Downloaded 8975 times\t\t– 1.67 MB<\/small>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n Download the trombone part, print-enabled.\n\n\tDownload “The Future of Life for chorus - trombone part”\tpjm-futureoflife-trb.pdf\t\t– Downloaded 8825 times\t\t– 878.14 KB<\/small>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n In The Future of Life<\/strong>, the chorus sings a message from Pullitzer Prize winner and famed entomologist and conservation biologist Dr. Edward O. Wilson \u2013 the need to preserve the world\u2019s biodiversity.<\/p>\n 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 \u201cPay Mother Her Due\u201d, and a poetic vision of species distribution in \u201cHow Spiders Came to Hawaii\u201d. Two additional texts, \u201cBee-Song\u201d by poet Anne Baring and \u201cGrand Grand Mother is returning\u201d 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.<\/p>\n Read more about:<\/p>\n The composer writes:<\/p>\n \u201cI 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\u2019s book and think about these issues.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Listen<\/strong> 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<\/a>.<\/p>\nNotes<\/h2>\n
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