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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…

Rochester's Madrigalia Choir Photo

Cry Premiere

Rochester’s Madrigalia choir and Artistic Director Cary Ratcliff premiered another Antarctica-inspired choral piece, “Cry.” The words? The ice is crying. The waters will rise with every tear.

Photo of Antarctica

Tremble

When he returned to Western New York from Antarctica, McClure used a mathematical conversion process to turn sound wave data from those seismometers into a piece of music called “Tremble,” which was premiered last year by singers at SUNY Geneseo, conducted by Gerard Floriano.