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The Reciprocal Benefits of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Monday, March 2, 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Moscovich Recital Hall (MB 242) in the Music Building.
Interdisciplinary thinking is often the catalyst for creative innovation. Coinciding with Atmospheric Shifts at McIntosh Gallery and The Art of Creation at Weldon Library, this panel discussion will focus on the reciprocal value and benefits of bringing the arts into conversation with other disciplines.
Moderated by McIntosh Gallery Curator Helen Gregory, the panel will include some of Western’s most creative boundary-pushing thinkers: Sarah Gallagher, Director of the Institute for Earth and Space Exploration; Gregory Kopp, Director of the Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory and ImpactWX Chair in Severe Storms Engineering; Julia Martin, undergraduate student in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering; Andrew Nelson, Department Chair and Professor of Archaeology/Biological Anthropology, and member of the Bone and Joint Institute; Timothy Regnualt, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; and Sharon Wei, Associate Professor in the Don Wright Faculty of Music.
The event will open with a short musical performance of An Alpine Trio composed by Ryan Duffy, featuring Western Music faculty members Jana Starling (clarinet), Aaron Hodgson (trumpet), and Denis Jiron (trombone). Written for the Faculty of Music’s Kaleidoscope of Creativity event in 2024, Duffy took inspiration from both Strauss’s tone poem An Alpine Symphony and research conducted by the engineers in the Northern Tornado Project.
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration requested (see link in sidebar).