When music and science meet
Music and science have often been linked in the history of music. Until the middle of the 20th century, most of the music inspired by science was related to physics and mathematics. With the considerable progress made in biology, especially since the discovery of the structure of DNA, biology has also begun to serve as a source of musical inspiration. Some scientific concepts or measures have sometimes been converted directly into music, in other cases a scientific discovery has simply animated the imagination of composers.

The Muse-IC project aims to give composers this opportunity by commissioning a work inspired by a recent scientific discovery. Six composers have been selected to compose a ten-minute work, which may include up to eight musicians: piano, string quartet, clarinet, harp, percussion. Following a call to scientists motivated by the idea of interacting with composers, the composers chose the scientific theme that inspired them the most among fifteen recent findings, pre-selected by Judith Miné-Hattab. During their creative processes, composers interacted with the implicated researchers in order to gain an in-depth understanding of their subject and enrich their pieces.

Cramer Quartet: "With this project, the quartet marries its passion for historical performance with a commitment to rebalancing the string quartet canon by centering the voices of women, non-(cis)males, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ folx and other communities historically underrepresented in classical music."

Richmond Philharmonic Orchestra to Perform du Bois' 'Fanfare'. Alexandra du Bois' Fanfare' was written in 2008 in honor of the first African American to hold office of President of the United States and was premiered by the Anchorage Symphony. The work has since been performed dozens of times by orchestras throughout the United States.