Science and Music
Einstein's Cosmic Messengers
This multimedia concert was created by noted composer Andrea Centazzo on the basis on my concept -- a performance of music and video images celebrating the history, achievement, and promise of gravitational-wave astronomy. Andrea and I produced this project together; it has been adopted within the LIGO Education and Outreach program, and it is being shown, coupled with science lectures, at universities and science institutions across the U.S. and in Europe.
On Oct 22, 2010, Andrea played what is going to become the reference performance of Einstein's Cosmic Messengers at the University of Southern California. His performance was followed by a panel discussion with cosmologist Elena Pierpaoli and me, moderated by science journalist K. C. Cole.
- Project page (includes past and future concert dates, video and image credits).
- YouTube feature on Andrea's OleMiss performance.
- Pictures from the 10/23/2009 lecture-concert at UCLA.
- Promotional materials (including California Tech and Sole 24 Ore reviews).
LISA
Outreach for the LISA project
Visit the new LISA website!
In the first months of 2009, I had the pleasure of curating the redesign of the general-public website for the U.S. LISA project, lisa.nasa.gov. I have many plans for improvements and enhancements, so let me know if you have comments or ideas.
In 2006, I co-designed and developed the portal of the LISA International Science Community, www.lisascience.org, aimed at professional astronomers and full of useful information, media, and references. The portal subsumed my earlier work for the LISA newsletters.
Go back to my research page.