Music Graduate Colloquium: Lucy Jones

Presented by Graduate Studies in Music, the Don Wright Faculty of Music Graduate Colloquium series includes lectures by distinguished guests, Western faculty members, and senior graduate students on all fields of research and creative activity in music.

Lucy Jones (Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society)
"Tempo: Music for Climate Action"

This presentation is made possible by the Western Academy for Advanced Research, as part of the Academy’s support for one of its themes, "Climate-resilient Buildings and Infrastructure".

All are welcome to attend. No advance registration or tickets required. End times are approximate. 

Abstract

Lucy Jones (California) and Emiliano Rodriguez Neusch (Argentina) created the Tempo Project in 2021 to bring together climate scientists and engineers, social scientists, and musicians to explore the ways in which music can be used to inspire action on the climate crisis. The goal of the Tempo Project is to combine the insights from science with the power of music to change the emotional climate about climate change. It seeks to shift our society’s emotions from despair, which disincentivizes action, to the feeling and awareness that there is still something we can do. The project fosters dialogue between the different experts, supports composers and the production of concerts that combine music and climate information.