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SUMMARY:SoundWaves: Astronomical Scale
DESCRIPTION:This academic year\, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this final edition\, we will be zooming WAY out to the Astronomical scale!\n\n\nSoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme\, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of music. The program starts and concludes with a live performance of music related to the evening’s theme. \n\n\nOn April 24\, 2026\, SoundWaves wraps up the academic year of exploration of scale with Astronomical Scale. How can we understand the hugeness of the universe? How do we build the robotics to explore the universe? How did the ancients view the universe? And we’ll hear the out-of-this-world sounds of many French horns playing together.
URL:https://wid.wisc.edu/event/soundwaves-astronomical-scale/
LOCATION:Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:SoundWaves
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SUMMARY:SoundWaves: Macro Scale
DESCRIPTION:This academic year\, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this second edition\, we will be zooming out to the macro scale!
URL:https://wid.wisc.edu/event/soundwaves-macro-scale/
LOCATION:Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:SoundWaves
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SUMMARY:SoundWaves: Micro Scale
DESCRIPTION:This academic year\, SoundWaves is exploring scales. In this second edition\, we will be zooming in on the micro scale!\n\n\nOur second SoundWaves event of the season explores the Micro Scale\, looking at things that are very small in size. What is a microbiome? What’s going on in the Earth’s water? What is microeconomics? What happens when you look at rhythm and pitch on a micro scale? Find out at SoundWaves.
URL:https://wid.wisc.edu/event/soundwaves-exploring-scales-2/
LOCATION:Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:SoundWaves
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SUMMARY:SoundWaves: Atomic Scale
DESCRIPTION:This academic year\, SoundWaves is exploring scales. Join us for this first edition diving into the atomic scale – and Klezmer scales!\n\n\nGaze into the world of the unimaginably small with an evening exploring the atomic scale. What is quantum computing and how does it work? How do atoms in metals organize themselves into hierarchies? As part of Klez Fest Midwest\, this special SoundWaves event will feature more live music than ever\, with the duo of Krakauer & Tagg\, featuring brilliant klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer and pianist Kathleen Tagg\, performing and explaining what gives klezmer music its characteristic style and sound (it’s all in the scales!).
URL:https://wid.wisc.edu/event/soundwaves-exploring-scales/
LOCATION:Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:SoundWaves
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SUMMARY:SoundWaves: Developing Ideas\, Part 4
DESCRIPTION:Explore how trends\, plans\, viewpoints\, projects\, materials\, and sounds develop.  Where we are and where we might be headed in the future.\n\n\nIn the final chapter of the Development series\, SoundWaves asks: Why are eggs so expensive? How do you create a video game? How do plants respond to climate change? How do you tell a short story in music? \nAndrew Stevens Economics of Agriculture \nGary Dahl\, Computer Sciences \nJack Williams\, Geography \nChristopher Taylor\, piano\, Music \nDaniel Grabois\, Music \n\n\nSoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme\, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of music. The program concludes with a live performance of music related to the evening’s theme. \n \nThis event will take place in Mead Witter Hall inside the Hamel Music Center. This is a free event\, however registration is requested. \n\n\nWe value inclusion and access for all participants. If you would like to request reasonable accommodations to enhance your participation experience\, please email https://mailto: idhub@wid.wisc.edu no later than 2 weeks prior to the event. This event is wheelchair accessible. \n\n\nFull event program: \n \nThe prelude:  \nFrom Eight Etudes-Tableaux\, op. 39 – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)  \n8. Allegro moderato (D minor)  \n9. Allegro moderato (D major)  \nChristopher Taylor\, piano\, Mead Witter School of Music \n \nThe lectures:  \nHow Plants Adapt to Climate Change: Lessons from the Last Ice Age  \nJack Williams\, Geography\, Center for Climactic Research \nEggcessive prices: How Markets Develop Prices for the Food We Eat  \nAndrew Stevens\, Agricultural and Applied Economics \nGame Experience Development  \nGary Dahl\, Computer Sciences \nShort Stories in Sound  \nDaniel Grabois\, Mead Witter School of Music \n \nThe performance:  \nSonata no. 2 (1966) – George Walker (1922-2018)  \n1. Theme and variations  \n2. Presto  \n3. Adagio  \n4. Allegretto tranquillo  \nChristopher Taylor\, piano\, Mead Witter School of Music
URL:https://wid.wisc.edu/event/soundwaves-developing-ideas-3/
LOCATION:Hamel Music Center\, 740 University Avenue\, Madison\, WI\, 53706\, United States
CATEGORIES:SoundWaves
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SUMMARY:SoundWaves: Developing Ideas\, Part 3
DESCRIPTION:Explore how trends\, plans\, viewpoints\, projects\, materials\, and sounds develop.  Where we are and where we might be headed in the future.\n\n\n\nWhat can archeology tell us about the development of our forebears? How can we develop better conditions for dairy animals? How do babies develop language? How do computer scientists develop operating systems? What is musical development\, and how did Franz Schubert master it in the beautiful string quartet Death and the Maiden? Find out at SoundWaves’ third event in our Development series\, with special guests the Pro Arte Quartet. \nSpeakers:Sarah Clayton\, anthropology \nJennifer van Os\, dairy science \nMike Swift\, comp sci \nJenny Saffran\, psych \nModerator: Daniel Grabois \n\n\nWe value inclusion and access for all participants. If you would like to request reasonable accommodations to enhance your participation experience\, please email https://mailto: idhub@wid.wisc.edu no later than 2 weeks prior to the event. This event is wheelchair accessible. \n\n\nSoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme\, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of music. The program concludes with a live performance of music related to the evening’s theme. \nThis event will take place in the DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building. This is a free event\, however registration is requested to ensure adequate seating.
URL:https://wid.wisc.edu/event/soundwaves-developing-ideas-2/
LOCATION:Discovery Building\, 330 North Orchard Street\, De Luca Forum\, Madison\, WI\, 53715\, United States
CATEGORIES:SoundWaves
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SUMMARY:SoundWaves: Developing Ideas\, Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Explore how trends\, plans\, viewpoints\, projects\, materials\, and sounds develop.  Where we are and where we might be headed in the future.\n\n\nHow do babies develop language? How are new drugs developed? How did we go from no universe to the universe we know and love? And how does cancer develop in our bodies? How does a musician write a piece of music for himself to play? Find out as SoundWaves continues its yearlong exploration of Development: where are we now\, how did we get here\, and where might we go? \nSoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme\, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of music. The program concludes with a live performance of music related to the evening’s theme. \nThis episode\, our musical guest is Tom Curry\, Mead Witter School of Music Teaching Faculty\, Tuba and Euphonium. Curry is currently the tubist in the Wisconsin Brass Quintet\, a faculty ensemble-in-residence at the Mead Witter School of Music\, and has performed with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra\, the Madison Symphony Orchestra\, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra\, the Joffrey Ballet\, the Chicago Philharmonic and many other orchestras. \nJoin him and our scientific experts as we continue Developing Ideas\, Part 2: \nJennifer Golden\, pharmacy \nJenny Safran\, psychology \nPeter Timbie\, physics \nJose Ayuso\, dermatology \nDaniel Grabois\, music and host \nThis event will take place in the DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building. This is a free event\, however registration is requested to ensure adequate seating. \n\n\nWe value inclusion and access for all participants. If you would like to request reasonable accommodations to enhance your participation experience\, please email https://mailto: idhub@wid.wisc.edu no later than 2 weeks prior to the event. This event is wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://wid.wisc.edu/event/soundwaves-developing-ideas/
LOCATION:Discovery Building\, 330 North Orchard Street\, De Luca Forum\, Madison\, WI\, 53715\, United States
CATEGORIES:SoundWaves
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SUMMARY:SoundWaves: Developing Ideas\, Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Explore how trends\, plans\, viewpoints\, projects\, materials\, and sounds develop.  Where we are and where we might be headed in the future.\n\n\nAll year\, SoundWaves will explore the concept of Development. In our first event\, we ask: How did the development of monotheism affect human society? How do plants evolve\, and how do we help them evolve? What is all this about AI? How does research and creativity give birth to a novel? And what does development mean in the context of music? Find out on October 18\, at 7:30pm in the DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building. This SoundWaves event is part of the Wisconsin Science Festival. \nWilliam Tracy\, Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences \nMichael Bell\, Community and Environmental Sociology \nJerry Zhu\, Computer Science \nMichelle Wildgen\, WID Writer-in-Residence \nThis event will take place in the DeLuca Forum in the Discovery Building. This is a free event\, however registration is requested to ensure adequate seating. \n\n\nWe value inclusion and access for all participants. If you would like to request reasonable accommodations to enhance your participation experience\, please email idhub@wid.wisc.edu no later than 2 weeks prior to the event. This event is wheelchair accessible. \n\n\nSoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme\, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of music. The program concludes with a live performance of music related to the evening’s theme.
URL:https://wid.wisc.edu/event/soundwaves-developing-ideas-4/
LOCATION:Discovery Building\, 330 North Orchard Street\, De Luca Forum\, Madison\, WI\, 53715\, United States
CATEGORIES:SoundWaves
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231020T193000
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SUMMARY:SoundWaves: Celebrations of Time\, pt 1
DESCRIPTION:presented by Wisconsin Science Festival \nThis year\, SoundWaves will be looking back to milestones from the past as a springboard to learn about our world today. At this opening event of the year\, learn about beer and wine\, about museums\, about radio\, about the flute\, and more at our first Celebrations of Time event. \nVictor Ujor\, food science \nTom Dale\, art history \nJim Reardon\, physics \nConor Nelson\, music \nDaniel Grabois\, SoundWaves Curator \nEvent is free of charge but registration is requested as space is limited. \nFood and beverage available for purchase at Steenbock’s on Orchard until 7:30pm. \n Register now> 
URL:https://wid.wisc.edu/event/soundwaves-celebrations-of-time-pt-1/
LOCATION:DeLuca Forum\, Discovery Building\, 330 N. Orchard Street\, Madison\, United States
CATEGORIES:SoundWaves,Wisconsin Science Festival
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