GLENN McCLURE

eco-musician, composer, speaker, global traveler

Glenn McClure travels the world, seeking the musical voice of the Earth. He listens to the natural world and the people who study it and live within it. From camping on the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica to hiking the Volcanos of Hawai’i, Glenn searches for the place where science and beauty meet. His music and inspirational speeches energize those who care for the planet.

He currently serves as a faculty member at Paul Smiths College. His compositions have enjoyed a wide audience in the US and abroad.

News & Blog

Turtles, Twain, and a Composer

Posted Dec 16, 2018 by Glenn McClure

In the blur of jet lag from New York to Hawaii, I met some of my new neighbors. These sea turtles come to the Punalu’u to lay their eggs. This black sand beach is just down the road from Waiohinu and Na’alehu, my home for the next month as Artist in Residence for the National…

From Antarctica to Hawai’i

Posted Dec 14, 2018 by McClure Productions

Brenda Tremblay interviews Glenn McClure about his trip to Antarctica in 2016 to study the sounds of the ice and then on to his new National Science Foundation grant to study the sounds of volcanoes in Hawaii. Read the entire article here. “If you pay attention to science news, you might be concerned by recent…

National Parks Artist Foundation: Artist in Residence at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

Posted Dec 1, 2018 by McClure Productions

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park and The National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) are proud to announce that Glenn McClure, composer, educator, and scholar, will be the Winter-Spring Artist in Residence near the Park which has recently reopened after the recent and spectacular lava flows across a third of the largest island in the state of Hawai’i.

ROS to perform McClure’s Emancipation Oratorio February 16, 2018

Posted Feb 4, 2018 by Paula McClure

Frederick Douglass at 200 concert- Rochester Oratorio will perform McClure’s Emancipation Oratorio February 16, 2018. More information at rossings.org

TedXSJFC – Ear to the Ice

Posted Nov 4, 2017 by McClure Productions

Glenn McClure, who serves on the faculties of both SUNY Geneseo and the Eastman School of Music, will be working on a National Science Foundation Artists & Writers Fellowship through mid-November (2017) with Peter Bromirski and his associates from the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Bromirski is the principal investigator on the project, which is employing seismic sensors on the Ross Ice Shelf to better understand the Antarctic melting process and the viability of the shelf.

WXXI Podcast – A Composer’s Journey to the Bottom of the World

Posted Dec 3, 2016 by McClure Productions

Brenda Tremblay from WXXI News in Rochester, NY discusses Glenn’s trip to Antarctica in October 2016.

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