Distinctive Voices at the Beckman Center

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Science Sings the Blues

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 5:30 PM (PDT)

Irvine, United States

Science Sings the Blues

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Ticket Type Remaining Sales End Price Fee Quantity
PRE-LECTURE PICNIC AND CONCERT
Seating begining at 5:30 p.m. for outdoor pre-lecture concert and dinner, includes 7:00 lecture
5 tickets Ended $25.00 $2.37
LECTURE ONLY (free)
Seating for outdoor lecture only beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Sold Out Ended $0.00 $0.00

Event Details

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This special Distinctive Voices @ The Beckman Center  event will be held outdoors on the Beckman Center back lawn.  Chairs are provided.  No outside food or beverages are allowed.  We recommend that you bring a jacket in case the weather is cool.

OPTIONAL PRE-LECTURE DINNER 5:30-6:30 P.M.  - $25.00 plus fees  - includes lecture

Boxed Dinner: Grilled Pesto Chicken Sandwich with Arugula and Sundried Tomato Spread and Pecorino Cheese on a Toasted Ciabatta Roll; Toasted Cous Cous with Buffalo & Mozzarella Cheese Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes and Fresh California Grapes;  2 Glasses of Wine or 2 Sodas.  Dinner entertainment provided by the Jacob Wendt trio - a jazz and blues band comprised of current and alumni UCI music department students.

After a brief intermission, the program will continue outdoors.

LECTURE 7:00 p.m. - free

Mathematics and music are a match made in heaven. The ancient Greeks elevated both to the same level, and even the most unschooled rock musician uses more mathematics than he or she realizes. This talk will survey some of the most interesting connections between mathematics and music, including trigonometric identities and tunings, small fractions and musical intervals, circular seating arrangements, scales and rhythm guitar, derivation of the blues and graph colourings, the musical art of being ambiguous (or not), musical and mathematical transformations.
Jason I. Brown is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Dalhousie University.  His work that used mathematics to uncover mysteries surrounding the music of the Beatles has garnered worldwide attention.   

RECEPTION 8:00 p.m. - free
A coffee / dessert buffet will be held in the atrium with addtional musical entertainment provided by the Jacob Wendt Trio.

When & Where


National Academy of Sciences and Engineering
100 Academy Way
Irvine, 92617

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 5:30 PM (PDT)


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