Band for Eco-Literacy
The list began (email me and I'll add more). Either way, lots of band literature provides opportunities for cultivating eco-literacy. Here are some pieces that I think open a lot of room for a variety of conversations about place, ecology, preservation, and even scientific aspects of ecosystems.
[From my Feb 28, 2019 blog post]
Beautiful Oregon, by James Barnes
Reflections on the Hudson, by Nancy Bloomer Deussen
Yosemite Autumn, by Mark Camphouse
From Every Horizon, by Norman Dello Joio
Lauds, by Ron Nelson
Mountain Song, by Philip Sparke
Sunrise at Angel's Gate, by Philip Sparke
Shenandoah, by Frank Ticheli
October, by Eric Whitacre
Machu Picchu, by Satoshi Yagisawa
Suggested by friends;
[Jon Schaller]
Symphonies of Gaia, Jayce John Ogren
Colorado Peaks, by Dana Wilson
Automatic Earth, by Stephen Bryant
Whirlwind, by Jodie Blackshaw
Rock Music, by Alex Shapiro
[Jason Gossett]
Mother Earth, by David Maslanka
Mountains Rising Nowhere, by Joseph Schwantner
Excerpt from a poem:
arioso bells
sepia
moon-beams
an afternoon sun blanked by rain
and the mountains rising nowhere
the sound returns
the sound and the silence chimes
Paper Cut, Alex Shapiro
[Carter Biggers]
Ash, by Jennifer Jolley
Through the Looking Glass Falls, by Jennifer Jolley
Immersion, by Alex Shapiro
Glacier, Zion, Yellowstone Fire, and Arches, by Dan Welcher
[And below are some I've mentioned in my publications]
[From my Feb 28, 2019 blog post]
Beautiful Oregon, by James Barnes
Reflections on the Hudson, by Nancy Bloomer Deussen
Yosemite Autumn, by Mark Camphouse
From Every Horizon, by Norman Dello Joio
Lauds, by Ron Nelson
Mountain Song, by Philip Sparke
Sunrise at Angel's Gate, by Philip Sparke
Shenandoah, by Frank Ticheli
October, by Eric Whitacre
Machu Picchu, by Satoshi Yagisawa
Suggested by friends;
[Jon Schaller]
Symphonies of Gaia, Jayce John Ogren
Colorado Peaks, by Dana Wilson
Automatic Earth, by Stephen Bryant
Whirlwind, by Jodie Blackshaw
Rock Music, by Alex Shapiro
[Jason Gossett]
Mother Earth, by David Maslanka
Mountains Rising Nowhere, by Joseph Schwantner
Excerpt from a poem:
arioso bells
sepia
moon-beams
an afternoon sun blanked by rain
and the mountains rising nowhere
the sound returns
the sound and the silence chimes
Paper Cut, Alex Shapiro
[Carter Biggers]
Ash, by Jennifer Jolley
Through the Looking Glass Falls, by Jennifer Jolley
Immersion, by Alex Shapiro
Glacier, Zion, Yellowstone Fire, and Arches, by Dan Welcher
[And below are some I've mentioned in my publications]
I discuss this in my PMEA News Article: "Peace, Place, and Then ..."
From Maslanka's program notes: "The roots of Symphony No. 4 are many. The central driving force is the spontaneous rise of the impulse to shout for the joy of life. I feel it is the powerful voice of the Earth that comes to me from my adopted western Montana, and the high plains and mountains of central Idaho. My personal experience of the voice is one of being helpless and tom open by the power of the thing that wants to be expressed – the welling-up shout that cannot be denied. I am set aquiver and am forced to shout and sing. The response in the voice of the Earth is the answering shout of thanksgiving, and the shout of praise." Link: http://davidmaslanka.com/works/symphony-no-4-2/
From Maslanka's program notes: "The roots of Symphony No. 4 are many. The central driving force is the spontaneous rise of the impulse to shout for the joy of life. I feel it is the powerful voice of the Earth that comes to me from my adopted western Montana, and the high plains and mountains of central Idaho. My personal experience of the voice is one of being helpless and tom open by the power of the thing that wants to be expressed – the welling-up shout that cannot be denied. I am set aquiver and am forced to shout and sing. The response in the voice of the Earth is the answering shout of thanksgiving, and the shout of praise." Link: http://davidmaslanka.com/works/symphony-no-4-2/
A short description of how "Jefferson Forest Sketches" can be used to frame a discussion about wilderness (on Page 15) in my article "The Possibility of Eco-Literate Music Pedagogy." Link: http://topics.maydaygroup.org/articles/2015/Shevock2015.pdf
