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We’re On A Mission

This song was written for Just Stop Oil and is intended to be sung at protests. Download the score as a PDF. Recording coming soon!

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WARNING

WARNING is a double canon/round for any kind of choir. It’s unaccompanied and is best sung as part of a protest or a march. It’s quite easy and can be learned by ear in a few minutes. The structure of this piece sounds a little complicated, but bear with me: group one sings a round […]

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rising

if you listen closelyyou can hearthe rising water’s whispers if you cover your earsyou’ll hear it too These words are by Ariel Francisco, from his poem “Insomniami” (2021), which covers among many other things, sea level rise in Miami, Florida – he has generously given permission to use them for this piece. Click here to […]

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If The World Were Ours

Short-term thinking has caused a lot of the world’s problems. The people in charge of fossil fuel companies, countries, and ecologically destructive businesses know what harm they’re causing to the world. They just don’t care, and think someone else will sort it out, or they’ll be dead before it matters. The start of this song […]

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Lyrics for March 5th

Why We Sing Just one voice can start the singing,Stories grow with every word,No-one is too small to matter:Raise your voice, you will be heard.So every day, we make a small advance,and the snowflakes build to make an avalanche… That’s why we sing about the change we want to see,And when we do, we hope […]

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Edinburgh concert, March 2023

Thank you to everyone who sang in this, all the composers who let us perform their music, and to all the audience! You can watch all the videos below. Why We Sing (Chris Hutchings)Witnesses of Time (Moira Morrison)Seal’s Lullaby (Deborah Shaw) – world premiereBefore It’s Too Late (Engelhardt Unaeb) – world premiereSend Lazarus (music by […]

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Feeling The Heat

Words and music by Sheena Phillips. Catchy tune, range of just a sixth (E4 to C5). Being used in primary schools in a National Youth Choir of Scotland project to get boys singing again after the pandemic. Sheena is making the song free of charge.  Click here to download the score (unison choir and piano). Click […]

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Animals

A song about biodiversity and how humans are destroying it, but with a hopeful ending, ideal for younger choirs. The accompaniment is written for piano, but could be adapted for other instruments on request. Creative Commons licensed, free to download for fundraising, campaigning or non-profit performance. Download the full score (piano and choir – full […]

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Come and Sing – Edinburgh, 18th September

Thanks to generous funding from Climate Fringe Scotland, we are able to hold a come-and-sing event! This will take place on Sunday 18th September, 2-4pm, in the Charteris Centre, Pleasance Edinburgh EH8 9RR. You don’t have to be a great singer, we just want people who are enthusiastic about climate campaigning and music! Click here […]

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The Rules

This is part of a project called #ChoirsForEcocideLaw with a number of other composers and artists. Download the score here (free for climate-related campaigning). Watch the recording from our Edinburgh concert below! For a slightly different take on it, you can also listen to the rehearsal on SoundCloud. For 2-part choir and piano, optional divisi […]