An evening of keyboard music and science Event
- Time:
- 19:30
- Date:
- 10 March 2012
- Venue:
- Turner Simms Southampton
Event details
Demonstrations of the scientific principles that determine how certain instruments produce sound.
As part of National Science and Engineering Week Matthew Wright, Senior Lecturer in Acoustics at the University's world-renowned Institute of Sound and Vibration Research introduces an evening of clavichord, harpsichord and piano performances by distinguished students from the University's music department. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Kern, Moeran and Messiaen are set in counterpoint to explanations and demonstrations of the scientific principles that determine how those instruments produce the sound they do, from the point where the hammer meets the string to the inner ear of you, the audience, and beyond. No previous scientific knowledge will be necessary, just a love of music and an enquiring mind.
Free to attend. Ticket required
Speaker information
Matthew Wright,Matthew's current work involves developing work on wind farm noise, and on the neuroscience of hearing.
Plus students ,from the University of Southampton