Understanding Musical Instruments: Composing ``Updike's Science''

My subjects are the physics of music and the music of physics. First, I do some demonstrations illustrating the physics of brass musical instruments. Next, tenor Carl Halvorson will sing my song cycle ``Updike's Science.'' These songs are settings of humorous poems of John Updike. Each song is about a different branch of science: Thermodynamics, Particle Physics, Chemistry, Hydrodynamics, Cloud Physics, and Biology.