Redemption Center
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The Redemption Center – Choral Reading 

Join composer Glenn McClure and director Brian Stevens for a choral reading of Glenn’s new opera The Redemption Center: Sometimes You Get More than 5 Cents. This developing project takes on the paralysis and pessimism of climate anxiety with a romping gospel/jazz musical score. It explores the big questions about how we see our relationship to the natural world. The…

Redemption Center
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Environmental Redemption in the Arts and Humanities

One of the greatest joys of teaching at Paul Smith’s College over the last few years has been to learn my way through the emerging field of Environmental Humanities. Many of you know how much authors like Dante, Chaucer, Galileo, Shelly, Dario, and more have molded and shaped my musical life. The increasing urgency of…

careersincrescendo podcast

The latest episode of Careers in Crescendo is out now!

Nov 8 Season 5, Episode 6: The Music of the Earth with Glenn McClure In this episode, Jeff chats with Glenn McClure (@glenn.mcclure), eco-musician and composer, about his path traveling the world and capturing the voice of the Earth. McClure discusses his compositional approach to translating natural mathematical data into music, his time with the…