The cross-genre oratorio for choir, soloists and chamber orchestra, “For Our Common Home: resounding ecojustice” was inspired by an encyclical issued by Pope Francis in 2015, Laudato Si’. Chase collaborated with world renowned theologian and author Harvey Cox as text advisor to create this 90 minute, 23 movement piece. The libretto calls on humanity to acknowledge the urgency of the environmental crisis and work toward building a just and sustainable world. Chase’s new oratorio interprets the text as a call to action through music. “Our goal is not to amass information or to satisfy curiosity, but rather to become painfully aware to dare to turn what is happening to the world into our own personal suffering and thus to discover what each of us can do about it.”