The FIVE MINUTES for Earth® project provides for sponsored donations to worthy environmental organizations with every verified performance of works in the FIVE MINUTES for Earth collection - by any artist, anywhere in the world.

Phase One of the project was launched by Yolanda Kondonassis in 2020, when she asked some of today’s most innovative compositional voices to create new works for solo harp of approximately five minutes in length that express a powerful experience inspired by Earth in one of its many conditions or atmospheres. FIVE MINUTES for Earth is also a metaphor for the urgent and compressed timeframe that remains to find and implement solutions to the global environmental crisis. Phase Two will comprise compositions for all instruments.

FIVE MINUTES for Earth is based upon an artistic “pay-it-forward” concept, where creators and performers are able to give in the form of their artistic contribution, inspire audiences around the world with earth-themed works, and have that programming result in a monetary contribution to environmental causes through the sponsorship of Earth at Heart.

As diverse as the planet’s ecosystems . . . a beautifully engineered contemporary harp collection that offers something for every musical taste

— CLASSICS TODAY

FIVE MINUTES for Earth
Performance Reporting Hub

To register your verified performance of a work in the FIVE MINUTES collection for a sponsored donation to one of the FIVE MINUTES beneficiary earth conservation organizations, please send the following to contact@earthatheart.org

Please include the following language on your printed or digital program:

*Title of Work* by *Composer* is part of the FIVE MINUTES for Earth® collection, sponsored by the nonprofit organization, Earth at Heart, which has the mission of inspiring earth conservation awareness and action through the portal of the arts. When we see an idea expressed in the language of art, our sensory reactions often open the heart and mind to interaction in ways that mere facts may not. There is not a minute to lose in our efforts to protect the future of our planet, and an inspired commitment can make all the difference.

Please include the following in your email report:

1.  A YouTube link (unlisted or public) of your performance.

2.  Your full name and email address.

3.  A pdf of your printed or digital program, verifying that your performance appeared in public and that you included the FIVE MINUTES boilerplate language (see above).

4.  The date and time of your performance.

5.  The name of your performance space or venue.

6.  Your approximate audience size.

7.  Your city and country.

8.  Any comments or reactions to your performance that you would like to share (optional).