Three Songs: Reflections of Love, Loss, Beauty and Nature Texts by Val Mallinson and Susan Griffin. Saori DeBruyn, soprano. Nathalie Fortin, piano. Carol Robes, clarinet. Winner of Eugene Opera’s 2020 Songs of Quarantine series.
Film shot in Hatcher’s Pass, Talkeetna Mountains, AK and Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Film and Cinematography by Greg Stafford Music by Justin Ralls
Geophony
for percussion quartet and pre-recorded soundscape. Soundscapes recorded by Justin Ralls in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. Performed by University of Oregon Percussion Ensemble.
Ecomusicollapsology
Ecomusicollapsology is my own original neologism to describe the synthesis of ecomusicology and collapsology, an area of research which engages the intersection of music, culture, and nature, in the context of the collapse of ecological systems and/or the collapse of complex societies. Ecomusicology, or ecocritical musicology, is the study of music, culture, and nature in [...]