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Finding The Link Between Music And Math

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Cris Moore with the Santa Fe Symphony in 2013

Four years ago, the Santa Fe Symphony collaborated with the local think tank, the Santa Fe Institute, on a program for all ages that combined music with entertaining educational demonstrations.  The Majesty of Music & Mathematics caused a lot of excitement and it will return to the Lensic Center on June 19.  The performance will be taped for broadcast on New Mexico PBS.

Back in 2013, the host of the program, Santa Fe Institute mathematician and scientist Dr. Cris Moore, explained to KUNM that "mathematics and music are speaking to the same parts of the brain."  They're both "about discovering patterns and the tension between predictability, variety and surprise."

Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.