We are delighted to announce that we just launched this year’s annual collaboration with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Technology and Applied Composition Program (TAC). Now in it’s fourth year, this collaboration provides a crash course on climate science for a classroom of young composers. The students then work with one of our scientists throughout the semester to explore their ideas for communicating the science through music.
This year’s collaboration launched on March 23rd, with Dr. Alison Marklein providing a turbocharged presentation on climate science to the class of more than a dozen students via Zoom.
Alison, who is also an accomplished musician, will work with TAC’s Executive Director, Professor Taurin Barrera, to help the students through the process of internalizing the science and expressing their insights musically. In past years, the class has culminated in a public concert of student works, including at San Francisco’s famous Exploratorium in 2019. This year, we hope to be able to integrate one or two of the new pieces into a major international concert we are planning for November (more soon!).
