Music & Sustainability: A portrait of the climate + ecological crisis in performance
Facilitated by Georgetown’ University’s Vice President of Sustainability Meghan Chapple and sponsored by the Earth Commons, this discussion will explore how individuals, communities and institutions are experiencing and responding to the climate and ecological crisis in their art, operations, and culture. The conversation will explore the influence of climate change and habitat destruction, and global impacts on artistic performance, from small venues and the COVID-19 pandemic, to large festivals and extreme weather, to the context of indigenous communities whose music is vulnerable to effects of climate change. The conversation will look ahead to define what resources are needed to keep musical communities vibrant and resilient in the midst of global change.
This conversation is organized as a part of the Music Policy Forum Summit 2022 organized by Georgetown’s Music Program in partnership with the Earth Commons and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor.
Free in person with code MPF at registration. Register here. Free via Zoom without registration.
Speakers
Meghan Chapple. Meghan Chapple serves as the Vice President of Sustainability at Georgetown University. She oversees a unique set of operational, academic, and policy responsibilities to position Georgetown as a prominent contributor both nationally and globally on sustainability. She brings expertise in innovation, entrepreneurship, renewable energy, urban farming, biodiversity, inclusive sustainability, environmental justice, circularity, and green buildings.
Michael Silvers. Ethnomusicologist at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne and a specialist in Brazilian music and environmental crisis. His research interests also include sound studies, the cultural and environmental history of music technologies, and music, gender, and sexuality.
Eric Gilbert. Festival Director/Co-Founder, Treefort Music Festival, Boise, ID.