Classical Music and Our Natural World

Lecture

Classical Music and Our Natural World Currents in Concert: Discovering Ocean Movement Through Music

Terry Wolkowicz, educator and co-founder of Sound Explorations

Discover the motion of ocean waves and currents through vivid examples in classical music. In this lecture presentation, we will use carefully curated classical music to hear the difference between surface and internal waves, the motion of northern and southern ocean gyres, and the sounds of ocean stratification. Repertoire includes music by Debussy, Bach, Glass and Mendelssohn.

This fascinating program is led by Terry Wolkowicz, an educator and co-founder of Sound Explorations, an organization that combines the worlds of music and science to make scientific discovery accessible to all. The organization has done projects for museums, science foundations, research organizations and government agencies like NASA.

This presentation is part of Terry Wolkowicz's Classical Music and Our Natural World series.

Terry Wolkowicz

Terry Wolkowicz

For more than two decades, Terry Wolkowicz has explored the intersection of classical music and the environment. She serves as president of the nonprofit organization Sound Explorations and education director for the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra. Wolkowicz received her bachelor’s degree in music from the New England Conservatory of Music and a master’s degree in education from Harvard University.

Wolkowicz has presented at numerous conferences, including the League of American Orchestras, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and other music and STEM organizations. She has completed projects for the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, NASA, NOAA and the Boston Museum of Science. As an author, she has written articles about concept-based arts integration published in the Music Educators Journal, the AZA’s Connect Magazine, Polyphonic (Eastman School of Music Paul R. Judy Center for Applied Research) and MusicOvation.