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Mosaic for Earth: Music, Visual Arts, Literature, and Science

Mosaic for Earth: Music, Visual Arts, Literature, and Science

Dwight Bigler’s composition for choir and orchestra, Mosaic for Earth, weaves together music, literature, visual arts, and science into a celebration of nature and an exploration of human impact on the earth. Bigler aims to harness the power of music to motivate action regarding these urgent issues.

I took five years to select texts and design a dramatic flow for Mosaic for Earth. I composed and engraved the music in five months and am working with David Franusich on visual arts concert projections. The Tonsehen label will produce the album. We built a website (www.mosaicforearth.org), planned outreach events, obtained text permissions from multiple agencies, coordinated marketing and logistics for the concert and recording with 250 musicians, and raised $80,000 for project costs.

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  • Dwight Bigler, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, School of Performing Arts  Blacksburg Master Chorale, Music Director
  • David Franusich, Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
  • Annie Pearce, College of Architecture and Urban Studies
  • Mary Denson Moore, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, English