Music Works

For our final project, we decided to individually write a poem and play our respective instruments over it (Morgan on the guitar and Carlin on the piano).

The Elegy for Planet Earth is a musical and visual-story telling of climate change through music, nature, and science. It combines a performance of an arrangement of two songs that represent the story of our Earth currently: Elegy for the Artic by Ludovic...

The video “MAN” by Steve Cutts has greatly impacted how we view humanity’s impact on Earth. It depicts man’s relationship with the natural world starting 500,000 years ago to the present day. Animals are transformed from their natural form to clothing ite...

Though I am no musician, I believe music is a powerful way to tell a story. With my short andsimple composition, I tell the story of the world, our Earth.

Our goal for this project was to create a small-scale piece of music that was very accessible for both performers and audiences. Our goal with this project is to promote an emotional reaction from audiences about the issue of climate change through our mu...

The Earth’s global average temperature has risen by a little bit less than 2℉ since the Industrial Revolution. My song, “2 Degrees” tells the story of how that temperature increase can affect our lives, both now and in the future.

This earth is full of memories, recorded in the flutter of leaves in the wind and the blue of the sky at midday. For me, one of the most potent is that of Thanksgivings spent in the desert of Arizona. I remember resting on the cool grass as heat from the

Throughout the semester one of the things that stood out to me most was the loss of biodiversity and the increase of deforestation. As someone who grew up in Idaho only a short drive from the mountains and forests the thought of them being destroyed is he...

Percussion has been a part of my life for a very long time. As I thought about what I wanted to do for this project, writing an indoor percussion show was one of the first things that came to my mind.

Throughout many years as an avid hiker, backpacker, and camper, I’ve experienced the frustration of seeing beautiful places torn down from construction and have had to deal with the invasive views and sounds that come along with it.

In class we watched a documentary on biodiversity loss that featured a Hawaiian birdcalled the Kaua’i’ō'ō bird that went extinct. We were especially touched by the sequence thatdepicted the last of its species at mating season calling for a mate that no l...

This is a song I wrote and produced called “What You Called Home” and it is about the different issues with things like climate change and economic inequality.

Nature has always been important to me. At a young age I found peace in nature exploring the mountains behind my home. Another important part of my life is music. I have played the harp for 15 years and music has become a way to express my thoughts, feeli...

Butterflies have always been a favorite species of mine and I never realized that their existence could be at risk.

Misteen English and I picked a poem by Sylvia Stults and composed an accompaniment that could fit with it, the result is a very beautiful and touching song!

For this project, I originally wanted to take a more serious tone with a totally different style of music. I wanted to go for something with a little edge, but as I started to write the lyrics and figure out the overall musicality of the project, I felt i...

“The whole world is singing, clicking, grinding, whistling, and thumping… but we’ve stopped listening.” I have always loved the beautiful sounds of nature. From the smallest of critters to the large whales in the sea, I believe the creatures on this earth...

Doomsday – this is supposed to be my story in understanding and discovering the severity of our situation as a planet in the context of climate change.

As I spend countless hours exploring the majesty of my piano, I often turn to a nearby window to gaze at the world outside. Just beyond the walls of my home, a lush maple provides ample refuge to the copious avians that take up permanent residence in the