Weather: A Concert for climate change and social justice
The Osher School of Music at the University of Southern Maine will present the Maine premier of Rollo Dilworth’s “Weather”. “Weather” is music set by Rollo Dilworth to a poem by Claudia Rankine. Claudia Rankine’s poem ‘Weather’ appeared on the front cover of the June 21 issue of The New York Times. Dr. Rankine is the author of “Citizen: An American Lyric” and other collections, as well as two plays and various essays. She teaches at Yale University. Her new book, “Just Us: An American Conversation,” was published in September 2020. ‘Weather’ takes a hard look at the climate in America in 2020 taking into consideration systematic racism and the Black Lives Matter movement as well as the Coronavirus and climate change.