Black Hole Symphony: by David Ibbett MMTA Commissioned Composer Premieres at the Museum of Science, Boston

Don’t miss the world premiere run of this immersive new production from the Museum of Science, Boston and Multiverse Concert Series! Last year, MMTA Commissioned Composer David Ibbett wrote Heart of the Galaxy for solo piano - premiered in the 2021 Quad State Conference. Now, hear the piece again in orchestral form as part of an extended symphonic journey through spacetime! 

Black Hole Symphony premieres at the Museum of Science Planetarium this Summer. The project is a unique collaboration between astrophysicists of the Harvard-Smithsonian CFA and Black Hole Initiative, together with the musicians of the Multiverse Concert Series. Composer David Ibbett has sonified the light of black hole galaxies as musical notes and chords, woven into a live electro-symphonic score set to immersive 3D visuals under the dome of the Charles Hayden Planetarium.

Over the course of an evening, audiences will be plunged into deep space riding relativistic jets of plasma, guided through the dense dust torus, broad-line clouds, and ultimately reach the blazing accretion disk on the event horizon of a supermassive black hole. Experience the wonders of the distant universe through art, science and music and be a part of their world premiere run!

Tickets through the Museum of Science for June 23rd, July 28th and August 25th.

David Ibbettt at the MMTA Quad State Conference, 2021

Science by:

Anna Barnacka, Lead Scientist, Harvard CFA

Mojegan Azadi, Harvard CFA

Martin Elvis, Harvard CFA

Fabio Pacucci, Black Hole Initiative

Priya Natarajan, Yale, Black Hole Initiative

Dan Schwartz, Harvard CFA

Music by:

David Ibbett, composer and conductor

The Multiverse Symphony Players:

Agnes Coakley Cox - soprano

Johnny Mok - cello

Matt Russo - guitar

Ryan Shannon - violin

Jessica Smith - flute/piccolo

The Multiverse Players of Black Hole Symphony, Charles Hayden Planetarium, Museum of Science Boston