The Science of Music is a series of lectures and demonstrations on the science of music; a collaboration between the Aspen Science Center (ASC) and the Aspen Music Festival and School(AMFS). All programs are at the “enthusiastic novice” level, with no previous knowledge of physics or music theory assumed.
Thursday, August 2nd: Musics of Memory, a new work by Bruce Adolphe, Composer-in-Residence at the Brain and Creativity Institute (USC), explores the connection between music and how memory works. Following the performance, there will be a discussion of music and memory with Adolphe and neuroscientist Assal Habibi.