Friday Oct 16, 2009 @7:00 pm
Performers: Penderecki String Quartet, Roman Borys, cello, Dancetheatre David Earl
Speaker: Gino Segrè
Quantifying Goethe is an evening of music that examines the luminous influence of Wolfgang von Goethe in the realms of literature, music, science, and physics.

Program

Anton von Webern
Fünff Stücke for String Quartet, Op.5 (1909) with video design by Laura DeDecker
Kotoka Suzuki
“Quantum Quartet” for string quartet, interactive video, live electronics, dance, and quantum computer (2009 World Premiere)
Franz Schubert
Quintet for Strings in C Major, D.956 (1828)

Cover charge for adults: $36

Cover charge for students $29

Sunday Oct 18, 2009 @ 9:30 pm
The Pat LaBarbera Quartet
Saxophonist Pat LaBarbera’s playing is said to be in the style of John Coltrane, extended by an encyclopaedic knowledge of improvisational theory and personalized by a certain lyrical sensibility. He will be joined by three other ‘stellar’ musicians – Brian Dickinson on piano, Neil Swainson on bass, and Bob McLaren on drums.

Cover charge $30

Sunday Oct 18, 2009
Dr. Douglas Wright Education Gallery, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery
Cédric Ginart (scientific glass-blower) will be making what could be described as strange antique apparatus. Instruments used by Galileo, Copernicus, Leonardo de Vinci inspire designs such as 5’ spyglasses constructed of glass. Ginart’s response to these scientific instruments will be in the realm of fantastical, coming out of the real.

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Thursday Oct 22, 2009 @10:00 pm
Join us for this special appearance by Jaron Lanier, celebrated musician and pioneer of virtual reality. He will be joined by percussionist Rick Sacks, who performs with contemporary and avant-garde groups Arraymusic, Critical Band and The Glass Orchestra.

Cover charge $30