Lick Observatory's summer series brings a wide variety of musicians and scientists to Mt. Hamilton

Physical and Biological Sciences News

Lick Observatory’s 2017 summer visitors program will feature live music, evening lectures by world-renowned astronomers, and opportunities for the public to view celestial objects through two historic telescopes: the 36-inch Great Refractor and the Anna L. Nickel 40-inch Reflector. Tickets to the summer series tend to sell out quickly and will be available online at www.ucsctickets.com starting on Wednesday, April 12.The musical line-up includes the White Album Ensemble, a popular Beatles cover band; the Jasmine String Quartet from San Jose; Grammy Award winners Tingstad and Rumbel; baroque music performed by Ars Minerva; the Stanford-based jazz trio Charged Particles; and the celestial music of Kron and Robertson (cello and Celtic harp). The science speakers are experts in their fields and will provide fascinating insights into the universe as we know it and the current state of research in their respective fields of study.
Music of the Spheres
The Music of the Spheres concert series gives the public a rare glimpse of the observatory at night, and all proceeds from the event benefit Lick Observatory. Each event features a musical performance, an astronomy lecture by a scientist, and a history presentation about Lick Observatory’s rich past. Afterward, guests take turns viewing celestial objects through the 36-inch Great Refractor and the 40-inch Nickel Reflector. Guests have additional opportunities to stargaze with small ground telescopes provided by amateur astronomers.
Dates for Music of the Spheres 2017:
June 17, 8:30 p.m. White Album Ensemble (speaker: Natalie Batalha, NASA Ames Research Center)
July 1, 8:30 p.m. Jasmine String Quartet (speaker: Martin Gaskell, UC Santa Cruz)
July 15, 8:30 p.m. Tingstad and Rumbel (speaker: Sandra M. Faber, UC Santa Cruz)
July 29th, 8:30 p.m. Ars Minerva (speaker: Raja GuhaThakurta, UC Santa Cruz)
August 12, 8:00 p.m. Charged Particles (speaker: Katherine de Kleer, UC Berkeley)
August 26, 8:00 p.m. Virginia Kron and Kim Robertson (speaker: Richard Kron, University of Chicago)
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