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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Writer and philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore and concert pianist Rachelle McCabe will present a program in music and words, "In an Age of Extinction, A Call to Life," on Wednesday, Jan. 21, in Corvallis.

The program begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, 645 N.W. Monroe St.  

The event is sponsored by Oregon State University's Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word, and the Friends of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. Admission is free and the public is welcome.

In the program, McCabe will play Rachmaninoff's "Variations on a Theme of Corelli." Creating a "duet" of music and words, Moore will speak of the call to save Earth's lives.

"The truths of our time are deeply challenging," said Moore, an award-winning author who speaks across the country about the moral urgency of stopping a global carbon catastrophe. "In the face of on-rushing extinctions and chaotic climate change, we must feel called to safeguard Earth's abundance of lives. Words alone cannot express the urgency for a moral response. And so we turn to music."

Moore is a philosopher, environmental advocate, and writer at Oregon State whose most recent books are "Wild Comfort," and "Moral Ground: Ethical Actions for a Planet in Peril," which gathers testimony from the world's moral leaders about our obligations to the future. She is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emerita at OSU and also is co-founder and senior fellow of the Spring Creek Project.

McCabe is a concert pianist and professor of music at OSU and has an international career as a concert artist and teacher. As a concerto soloist, she has performed with many orchestras including the Seattle, Pittsburgh, Victoria, and Oregon Symphonies. She has performed recitals in cities including Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Detroit; Seattle; Singapore; and Cambridge, United Kingdom, and has appeared on NPR's Performance Today and the CBC.