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This page is about the environmental organization ClimateMusic. For the article concerning weather, see Climate. For the article concerning an art form, see Music.

The ClimateMusic Project

Type of business	Non-profit
Type of site	Environmental Organization
Founded	January 1, 2014 (2014-01-01)
Headquarters	San Francisco, California , United States of America
Area served	United States (2014-Present)
Founder(s)	Stephan Crawford
Industry	Environmental
URL	https://climatemusic.org
Current status	Active

The ClimateMusic Project, also known as ClimateMusic, is a non-partisan organization that was conceived in 2014, and founded by Stephan Crawford. The organization is intended to inform the public sphere about climate change through emotionally expressive music. The music is written in collaboration with climate scientists as well as current and future-predictive environmental datasets. This organization's process is intended to make the listeners more aware of the current state of the planet and to give them the opportunity to ponder and ask questions.

Leadership

The executive team consists of Stephan Crawford, Fran Schulberg, and Laurie Goldman. Stephan Crawford is a guitarist, artist, and sculptor who works out of a studio in the central Market Street district of San Francisco. He previously served as the Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce office in San Francisco. Fran Schulberg received her JD from Harvard and worked as an international environmental policy attorney. Most recently, Fran was the Executive Director of a non-profit organization that focused on energy efficiency in China. Laurie Goldman most recently served as the Deputy Director of UC Berkeley’s Global Engagement Office.

1. What are each of their respective roles and responsibilities now?

The three executives now work full-time on The ClimateMusic Project.

The team also consists of scientists, composers, advisors, a Leadership Council, and student volunteers.

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History

Initial experimental performance was staged in September 2014, the result of an all day collaboration between Erik Ian Walker (composer), Drs. Andy Jones and Bill Collins (scientists), which was organized, hosted, and coordinated by me and Velvet Voelz.

We became a fiscally-sponsored project of Social Good Fund in January, 2015

Our sold-out premiere performance was held in November, 2015 in the planetarium at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland

Background

1. Climate change

Functionality

Performances: Conception 2014 - December 2020

Month, Year	Type	Location	Link
November, 2015	Premiere of Climate	Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, CA	.
February, 2015	Encore of Climate	CA Planetarium, Oakland, CA	.
June, 2016	Climate	Grace Cathedral, San Francisco	.
July, 2016	Climate	The Tech, San Jose, CA	.
September, 2016	Video screening of Climate	Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA	.
October, 2016	Encore of Climate	CA Planetarium, Oakland, CA	.
November, 2017	Climate	Green Festival, San Francisco, CA	.
April, 2017	Climate	Noh Space, San Francisco, CA	.
April, 2017	Climate	UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA	.
May, 2017	Climate	Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA	.
October, 2017	Climate	Swissnex, San Francisco, CA	.
December, 2017	Project showcase	SFWMPAC, San Francisco, CA	.
April, 2018	Climate live show with Bill Nye	KQED Radio & SF Jazz Center, San Francisco, CA	.
April, 2018	Lecture about ClimateMusic	FXPAL, Palo Alto, CA	.
April, 2018	Performance of Student Works	SFCM, San Francisco, CA	.
April, 2018	Video screening of Climate	INFRA, University of Bordeaux, France	.
May, 2018	Climate at Understanding Risk 2018	Mexico City, Mexico	.
June, 2018	Premiere of Icarus in Flight	Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA	.
September, 2018	Play for the Planet	Global Climate Action Summit, San Francisco, CA	.
October, 2018	Panel on Art and Climate Activism	BAMPFA, Berkeley, CA	.
October, 2018	Lecture in music cognition class	UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	.
March, 2019	Video Presentation	Myanmar	.
March, 2019	Lecture about ClimateMusic	Montalvo Arts Center, Sarotoga, CA	.
May, 2019	Young Composer Showcase	The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA	.
May, 2019	Video screening of Climate	Acterra Business Environmental Awards. San Francisco, CA	.
May, 2019	Lasertalk on ClimateMusic	Leonardo, USF, San Francisco, CA	.
June, 2019	Video Presentation	San Juan, Puerto Rico	.
September, 2019	Young Composer Showcase	SFCM, San Francisco, CA	.
September, 2019	Performance of Climate	The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA	.
October, 2019	Shortened version of Climate	Museum Nienburg, Germany	.
October, 2019	Premiere of What if We?	The World Bank, Washington DC, USA	.
October, 2019	Premiere of What if We?	Forest Trends 20th Anniversary Dinner ...........	.
November, 2019	Shortened version of Climate	University of Venice, Italy	.

Performances to date:

1. Mar ’19 Video link with audience in Myanmar
2. May ’19 Lasertalk on ClimateMusic, Leonardo, USF, San Francisco, CA
3. Jun ’19 Video link with audience in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Oct ’19 Premiere of What if We…? , The World Bank, Washington, DC Oct ’19 Premiere of What if We…? , Forest Trends 20th Anniversary dinner --> Double Premiere?

2020 on Mar '20 Online screening of Climate, in collaboration with the International Institute of Architects, Lugano, Switzerland Apr '20 Online program in Partnership with The National Academy of Sciences in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day: video clips and discussion centered on Icarus in Flight Oct '20 Online video screening of Climate, in collaboration withThe East-West Center in Hawaii Oct '20 Streamed live performance of Icarus in Flight, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Nov'20 Streamed live perfomance of Icarus in Flight, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dec'20 Online video screening of Climate, in collaboration with The Rainier Club, Seattle

Funding

The ClimateMusic Project became a fiscally-sponsored project of Social Good Fund in January, 2015

Controversy

1. Subjectiveness of science in art

1. Most of representation in CA

Results

1. Is it What if We?. What if We...?, What if we?

Compositions

The organization currently has three composition pieces available to the public which are Climate, Icarus in Flight, and What if we?.

Climate premiered in 2014 and was composed by Erik Ian Walker. It incorporated data from 1800-2250 and looked at carbon dioxide concentration, temperature, Earth energy balance, and Ocean pH levels. The Climate piece should be viewable here.

Icarus in Flight premiered in 2018 and was composed by Richard Festinger. It incorporated data from 1880-2080 and looked at population growth, fossil fuel use, and land-use change. The Icarus in Flight piece should be viewable here.

What if we? premiered in 2019 and was composed by Wendy Loomis from COPUS. It incorporated data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a spoken word poem by Royal Kent. The piece follows a "business as usual" future scenario and a more optimistic "whatever it takes" future scenario. The What if we? piece is not yet viewable online.

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2. Thoughts on pictures

References

Stephan's personal website http://sc2arts.com/

See Also

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