Connecting Science and *the Arts*

I attended a TED Talk at in March of 2016 where Dr. Paul Sutter talked about his project “Song of the Stars”, where he partnered up with Seven Dance Company in order to represent “stories of the stars above” with contemporary dance. In the beginning of his TED talk, he discussed the idea that science and art are not separate things; they go hand in hand, and when they’re brought together, they can deepen and enrich a person’s understanding and appreciation for the world around them. This idea was enlightening and inspiring to me, and it made me ponder how I could combine my love for science and art. I’d like to explore the idea of teaching/explaining concepts of chemistry and biology with musical representations. For example, a future goal of mine is to compose a piece of music using different notes/chords to represent each molecule in a chemical reaction or biological process. I’m already minoring in music, so I’m hoping that once I take some music theory classes I can create a piece of music that is both an accurate representation of chemistry/biology and is enjoyable.

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