Public Lecture: Music, Nature and Environmental Action
5:30pm - 8:00pm /
Wednesday 2nd March 2022
Type: Lecture /
Category: Department
- Dr Helen Thomas
- Suitable for: All welcome!
- Admission: Free
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Public Lecture Series 2022
School of the Arts - University of Liverpool
Wednesday 2 March @ 17.30
Music, Nature, and Environmental Action
Professor Michael Spitzer (University of Liverpool)
Professor Nicola Dibben (University of Sheffield)
Michael Spitzer & Nicola Dibben discuss how music might make us care more about the natural world. Followed by audience Q&A.
How might music make us care more about the natural world? After all, nature has inspired music makers across human cultures and histories. Composers have been motivated by our planet’s oceans, landscapes and animal life to create music which expresses human relationships with the natural world. For instance, the peculiarly affecting songs of whales have been, almost unilaterally, responsible for opening people’s ears and hearts to the environment. The second half of the talk turns from animals to humans, revealing the techniques by which musicians can promote environmental action.
Michael Spitzer is Professor of Music at the Department of Music, University of Liverpool. He leads the Department's work on Classical music.
Nicola Dibben is Faculty Director of Research and Innovation at the Department of Music, University of Sheffield.
This is the first of six public lectures hosted by the School of the Arts at the University of Liverpool on the theme Arts, Sustainability and the Climate Crisis.
School of the Arts - University of Liverpool
Wednesday 2 March @ 17.30
Music, Nature, and Environmental Action
Professor Michael Spitzer (University of Liverpool)
Professor Nicola Dibben (University of Sheffield)
Michael Spitzer & Nicola Dibben discuss how music might make us care more about the natural world. Followed by audience Q&A.
How might music make us care more about the natural world? After all, nature has inspired music makers across human cultures and histories. Composers have been motivated by our planet’s oceans, landscapes and animal life to create music which expresses human relationships with the natural world. For instance, the peculiarly affecting songs of whales have been, almost unilaterally, responsible for opening people’s ears and hearts to the environment. The second half of the talk turns from animals to humans, revealing the techniques by which musicians can promote environmental action.
Michael Spitzer is Professor of Music at the Department of Music, University of Liverpool. He leads the Department's work on Classical music.
Nicola Dibben is Faculty Director of Research and Innovation at the Department of Music, University of Sheffield.
This is the first of six public lectures hosted by the School of the Arts at the University of Liverpool on the theme Arts, Sustainability and the Climate Crisis.