About
Isotone
forges
a collaboration of music and physics
into a unique concert series.
The name
"Isotone"
is a double-entendre, referring on the one hand to like tones or musical
pitches, while at the same time a physics term for nuclides with the
same number of neutrons. The
concerts will be primarily contemporary (avant-garde, 20th
and 21st century), though they will include some pre-20th-century
music.
Each Isotone
concert comprises four distinct efforts:
1. A
presentation of the unique sound properties of various instruments
through demonstration and performance.
2. A
new collaborative work between the instruments of music and the
instruments of physics. This
will be creative and fun.
3. A
work tied to a past physicist, typically through nationality, ethnicity,
or inspiration.
4. A
new composition honoring the same physicist.
Commissions will tie in to a specific physicist in a way to be
determined by the composer.
Concerts will be at the American Museum
of Science and Energy Auditorium in Oak
Ridge.
Concerts are Sunday afternoons at 3:00
p.m. and generally last 90
minutes including a 15 minute intermission.
Concerts will be hosted by Alex Zucker
and will include commentary by museum staff.
Isotone
is
generously sponsored by the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association, the
American Museum of Science and Energy and Pulcir, Incorporated, a
provider of health physics and medical physics instrumentation.