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    Glenn McClure’s “Totality”

    News, Video

    Performance on January 20, 2024 by fivebyfive at the Strasenburgh Planetarium in Rochester, NY.

    The melodic content of “Totality” is drawn from the sonification of “duration” data that shows the varying time intervals of totality during an eclipse at selected locations along its path. Sonification is the mathematical translation of numerical data points into musical pitches and rhythms. This melody, drawn from the data describing its path, provides the unifying motifs that recur throughout the piece.

  • A Voice in the Wilderness – Beyond Access for Disability

    Composing

    I’ve been thinking about this idea for a long time. As a person with a disability, I have often ignored the daily struggles, the obstacles invisible to others, and the fatigue of trying to be an artist/musician. I have always wanted to be a “good composer” first, not the “composer with a disability.” I am…

  • Voting Rights Opera 2026 – Building on the Past

    Composing

    Big artistic projects – like Democracy – always take longer to come to fruition than we like. They both attempt to marry big ideas of what it means to be human within the history, the circumstances, the challenges, and the nuts and bolts opportunities each day. Before COVID, my dear friend and artistic director Helen…

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    Cry of the Hunger Stones Premier

    Composing, Events

    Premier by the Northern Lights Choir directed by Helen Demong May 10 at St. Bernards Church in Saranac Lake In addition to a diverse program of American and French choral works, the Northern Lights Choir will premier Glenn’s new work “The Cry of the Hunger Stones.” This work brings climate data to life, found carved…

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    The Water is Me – New Composing Project

    Composing, News, Sonification, The Water is Me

    Watershed Voices will create musical works that celebrate regional biodiversity (through sonification of scientific data) and human diversity (through writings from diverse cultural voices both past and present), thereby engaging audiences in both New York State and Quebec in a shared artistic experience of our shared Champlain Basin.