The Department of Mathematics at Texas State University will showcase the relationship between music and mathematics 2-3:30 p.m. May 3 in observance of Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Music Building Recital Hall, 101 Pleasant Street. A reception will follow.
Cellist Francesco Mastromatteo, artistic director of Classical Music for the World in Austin and Associazione Amici della Musica "G. Paisiello" in Lucera, Italy, will open the event with a recital and lecture. Nico Schüler, Texas State University Distinguished Professor of music theory and musicology, will follow with a discussion about interactions between mathematics and music, emphasizing the creativity and innovation of mathematical approaches to composing, performing and analyzing music.
