Webinar recording: Climate change - summer network meeting

Our third meeting in the termly Climate Network series (previous events 8 October 2021 and 18 February 2022) was in partnership with the Association of British Choral Directors (abcd) and included contributions from speakers focusing in more detail on how music groups can implement sustainable policies, and the process of commissioning new music on the theme of climate change.

Our speakers for this event were:

• Jamie Saye, founder of SAIL (Sustainable Arts in Leeds), a Leeds-based consortium of organisations and companies from the cultural and creative sectors. Its mission is to act with a collective strength to enable positive change, reduce impact on the planet, ensure the sector meets the net zero ambitions of Leeds, raise awareness and promote action to tackle the global climate crisis. Jamie will talk about his insight and experience working with consortium companies like Opera North to create change and implement sustainable policies. How can we adapt these for our own, smaller organisations?
• Tom Newall, conductor of Our Future in Your Hands, a specially commissioned oratorio that will be performed at Buxton International Festival. Tom will talk about his experience of the commissioning, rehearsal and performance of the work, which is composed by Kate Whitley and written by Laura Attridge. Over the last twenty years the global scientific community has been raising the alarm about climate change. Government action has been stuck in red tape and endless debate. The process of change has stalled. This inaction was too much for young people who have decided to go on a strike to protest the lack of action in the face of climate change. Our Future In Your Hands uses the oratorio to give voice to the hopes and fears of the young people who will one day inherit our world.

The views represented by the speakers in this webinar are their own, and do not represent the views of Making Music.

Useful links:

• Download Jamie's Powerpoint slides for this webinar
• Check out our main resource page on climate change
• Find out more about Association of British Choral Directors (abcd) and check out their upcoming events
• Find out more about SAIL (Sustainable Arts in Leeds)
• Find out more about Our Future in Your Hands
• Carbon Literacy is a great starting point to find training 
• Choirs for Climate offer music (much of it free), resources, info, guidelines and much more
• British Choirs on the Net lists music scores available to hire from UK choirs
• Check out our case study on livestreaming in-person rehearsals
• Check out our resource on combining online and in-person rehearsals
• forScore is a music sheet app

If you have any questions about this event topic, please contact info@makingmusic.org.uk

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