Join the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Mathematics for a special event on April 10.

Hosted in the Cook Center for Arts and Humanities, this celebration of mathematics and music will feature a lecture from Jacobs School of Music Professor Julian Hook. Professor Hook's presentation is titled "Music as a Mathematician's Playground."

Following the presentation, the Canone Quartet will perform Mendelssohn's "String Quartet No. 2" in A minor. The quartet is comprised of Jacobs School students Thomas Mathias (violin), Kelsea Au (violin), Ross McIntosh (viola), and Manuel Papale (cello).

More about Professor Hook

Julian (“Jay”) Hook is associate professor of music in music theory at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he has taught since 2003. His research involves transformational theory and other mathematical approaches to the study of musical structure. Hook’s recently published book, Exploring Musical Spaces, is one of the most comprehensive studies of mathematical music theory ever written.

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