A new piece by Chris Hutchings, written to explain why we think singing can change the world. The third verse can be rewritten to suit whatever cause you are singing about; in the first version below, it is to be sung as part of a concert campaigning to make ecocide (ecological destruction) a crime, but […]
A guest post from Dan Cooper, director of Love Soul Choir, who connected with Choirs for Climate following Music Declares Emergency’s webinar on Choirs and Climate Change. Love Soul Choir is an auditioned choir of 140 members and has been running since 2009. In 2019, I decided the make the choir paper-free. This ended up […]
On 24th June 2021 Music Declares Emergency presented Choirs Addressing Climate Change, a panel for choir leaders and participants discussing issues around the Climate Emergency & plans for COP. Panelists: Aubrey Meyer – Climate campaigner & musician; Ben See – Choir Leader and Composer; Chris Hutchings – Composer & Founder #ChoirsForClimate; Naala – Vocal Artist; Naveen Arles – Vocal Leader; Nina Vinther – Singer & Environmental Campaigner. Watch the recording below or […]
Mass for the Endangered is a hymn for the voiceless and the discounted, a requiem for the not-yet-gone. Using original text by writer, visual artist, and musician, Nathaniel Bellows, in combination with the traditional Latin, Mass for the Endangered embodies a prayer for endangered animals and the environments in which they live. Written for SATB choir and twelve […]
“They Can’t Put It Back” is a suite of three pieces for unaccompanied female voices (SSAA with occasional 2-part divisi) by Mary Simmons, an American composer. Skip ahead to 8 mins in the video below to hear the entire trilogy: Download the text (Word document)Download score sample (PDF, 2 pages from each movement) The piece […]
“Let Them Not Say” is for SSAATTBB choir, quite tricky, high ranges needed. Words by Jane Hirshfield can be found here, or below: all rights to the words are reserved, but the music is available for performance under a Creative Commons license and the words can be used as part of that. Click here to see […]
Send Lazarus – words by David Ervin, music by Chris Hutchings Free for fundraising or other non-commercial use (including church services). For any commercial use (ticketed concerts or CD recordings, etc.), please contact Chris Hutchings for permission. Performed for the first time in public at #ChoirsForClimate’s concert on 5th March in Edinburgh: watch the performance […]