Ratios from the dimensions of the wipe board,cabinet door, file cabinet and computer keyboard

Jerika and Kevin

Ratios from the dimensions of a table, door,end of a cabinet,clipboard,drawer,stair,poster,pamphlet,shelf,chair,telescope lens,counter top, and edge of the table. Performed by Wen Wen on her violin.

Wen Wen and Laurel

Ratios from the dimensions of 2 cabinet doors, a chair/stool and a computer screen. Performed by Charlie on guitar.

Charlie

Jeri and Wen Wen played these found objects, based on the rhythms of Charlie's guitar playing.

Soda bottles/cheerios shakers

Charlie, Laurel and Kevin played rulers and clipboards based on the rhythm of the group composition.

Rulers and Clipboards

Room Concerto

Science Meets Music is a series of performances and workshops with pianist/composer Diane Moser at the Meadowlands Environmental Center in Lyndhurst,NJ. These sounds are from the first workshop; Pythagoras, Kepler, Math and Music.. exploring Pythagoras's discovery of the ratios of the music overtones series, the impact of that discovery, and how it led Johannes Kepler and to write his treatise Harmonice Mundi. Workshop participants measured objects in the building, converted those measurements into ratios, which were then converted into musical intervals, and then played on various musical instruments. Sound effects were also added with various objects found in the room; a liter soda bottle filled with cheerios, rulers and clipboards.