Blog posting for Crossroads: Emergence
From SoSCC founder, Glenn Prestwich:
Although the music had already been commissioned by the Fry Street Quartet (FSQ) and composed by Libby Larsen, the project sounded like an ideal opportunity for the newly-formed SoSCC to become part of a quintessential embodiment of our mission – the expression of science through music, and creating a collaboration between science and the performing arts. To this end, I attended the February 2015 premiere of Libby Larsen’s music by the FSQ, and began a dialogue with Rob and the FSQ about how SoSCC could best participate. In the end, our sponsorship of Emergence took the form of support for videographer Conor Provenzano, whose video projections were presented with actor Robert Scott Smith and the FSQ playing the five-movement string quartet. Since the video was an integral part of the performance art piece, we were recognized in the program in the following manner: Continue reading