First Life - A Multimedia Performance for String Quartet and Narration

This event is sponsored byThe Center for Chemical EvolutionThe Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta (http://arts.emory.edu/outreach/community/ecmsa.html)And Georgia Tech

Admission to the event is nominally $20, but mention the Atlanta Science Tavern at the box office and you can attend at no charge.

First Life by Steve EverettImagining the Chemical Origins of Life

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/d/d/4/event_94312692.jpegEmory Professor of Music and Center for Chemical Evolution (http://centerforchemicalevolution.com/) visiting artist, Steve Everett (http://music.emory.edu/COMPUTER/Steven_Everett.html), has partnered with Martha Grover (http://www.chbe.gatech.edu/faculty/grover.php) of the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering At Georgia Tech, to create this new piece that transforms the data acquired from Martha's stochastic modeling experiments into music. This multimedia performance piece will feature the Vega String Quartet (http://www.vegaquartet.com/home.html) with narration by Martha and Emory Professor of Biomolecular Chemistry, David Lynn (http://www.chemistry.emory.edu/faculty/lynn.html).

Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts is located on the Emory campus facing North Decatur Road close to its intersection with Clifton. Visit this webpage (http://arts.emory.edu/plan-your-visit/venues/schwartz-center.html) for detailed directions, as well as instructions for patron drop-off and parking.

Thanks to Meisa Salaita of the Center for Chemical Evolution at Emory for arranging for our free admission to this event and to Atlanta Science Tavern member Art Lewis for working with William Ransom, Professor of Music at Emory, for keeping us abreast of the wonderful musical opportunities there.