Mother Earth was commissioned by long time collaborator and supporter of Paul’s music, Mary Giles of Dulwich College Suzhou, China.
Paul has been commissioned by Dulwich in Beijing and Suzhou and has been an artist in residence across the college since 2014 working in China, Singapore, Myanmar and South Korea
Much of Paul’s work at Dulwich is composition and collaboration, working across all grades to inspire new music and ideas. ‘Mother Earth’ is the result of engaging workshops with music teacher Mary Giles and her terrific students from grade 4 – 6. Paul worked with the classes over a week to compose many shorter works and this piece is the commissioned work inspired by that journey.
The idea for Mother Earth came directly from the children who wanted to compose something that acknowledged our quest for a cleaner world. This piece has a broad appeal to all upper primary and middle school singers wherever in this earth they come from.
“Be the changer, yes we can save her. Mother Earth, you and me”
Mother Earth is by Paul and Bonnie Nilsson
The audio below is a digital recording.