The UNSW Orchestra's next performance will be one of nice round numbers. It will be its 100th concert in over 20 years and even the music will have a numerical bent: the musicians will play a new work, A circle of fourths, written by UNSW physicist Professor Joe Wolfe.

The work is based on an interesting mathematical feature of musical harmony and uses the circle as a melodic and harmonic feature.

Professor Wolfe is an award-winning researcher and teacher who specialises in the acoustics of musical instruments and the human voice. He's also a talented jazz musician and composer of orchestral and chamber music.

"The brief for composing a celebratory piece for the UNSW Orchestra's 100th concert was simple: four or five minutes of fun, using everybody and not to compete too much for rehearsal time," says Professor Wolfe. For the full story click here.

The UNSW Orchestra's 100th concert is on this Friday, May 14. For more details check the website.

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