"RhythMatics" with Stephon Alexander and Will Calhoun

Fri May 31, 2019
6:30pm to 8:00pm ET
Age: 8 and up
Price: Free
Location:
National Museum of Mathematics
(212) 542-0566
11 East 26th Street, New York, NY, 10010
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What does a hip-hop or rock and roll rhythm have to do with geometry, space and time, and numbers? 

In this highly interactive event, mathematical physicist and musician Stephon Alexander and multi-Grammy Award-winner and drummer for band Living Colour Will Calhoun take math fans on a journey into the connections between mathematics and rhythm.

First, Professor Alexander gives a user-friendly and interactive presentation of the mathematics of beat-making. Then, Calhoun  demonstrates these ideas on his wave electronic drum. 

Armed with these newfound tools, the audience collaborates with Alexander and Calhoun to create an original hip-hop beat using new ideas that relate mathematics to rhythm — RhythMatics!

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