U-M Organ Conference Faculty Recital: Tiffany Ng, "To The Sun"

Name: U-M Organ Conference Faculty Recital: Tiffany Ng, "To The Sun"
Start: 2025-10-07T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-07T12:30:00-04:00
Location: 881 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104

Schedule

Tue Oct 07 2025 at 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

881 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Michigan 48104 | Ann Arbor, MI

Tiffany Ng presents “To The Sun,” a participatory sound installation that invites all audience members to join the carillon in an ensemble performance that sonifies data collected by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP), the fastest human-made object ever, traveling at 430,000 mph, and the first spacecraft to fly through the sun’s corona—a daring mission to understand solar winds and space weather that impact Earth. Participants will use a web-based smartphone app to accompany the carillon in a group musical performance that explores solar data collected by PSP, bringing science to life and highlighting the creative possibilities of open data initiatives.
“To The Sun” was co-developed by Greg Niemeyer, Chris Chafe, Chelle Gentemann, Tiffany Ng, William Wu, and Faye Held. The 10-minute participatory event will be bookended by carillon repertoire exploring themes of the sun and of telling time, as clock towers do.
Visit SunCarillon.org on your phone to play along! 🌞🛰️🔔
This event is part of the 2025 U-M Organ Conference, "Ludus Chronalis: Time, Cadence, and Temporality in Keyboard Music and Sacred Spaces" <https: /> and is supported by a grant from the U-M Arts Initiative.