Celebrate American discovery, innovation, and values through topics in astronomy, history, art, music, and more in this special nine-part series in the BGSU Planetarium. This America 250 in the Planetarium series of programs will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays starting at 7:30 p.m. July 13 – 31. All America 250 in the Planetarium programs are free and open to the public. This seventh talk in the series, Glass Astronomers:  Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler in American Opera, will be presented by Ryan Ebright, Associate Professor, BGSU College of Musical Arts. The American composer Philip Glass is perhaps most famous for his bicentennial opera Einstein on the Beach, a groundbreaking collaboration with avant-garde director Robert Wilson that was loosely inspired by the life and ideas of physicist Albert Einstein. Among Glass’s more than two dozen subsequent operas, scientists are recurring subjects, including two seventeenth-century astronomers whose work revolutionized humanity’s understanding of the universe. In this multimedia presentation, we will discover how space and those who study it are dramatized musically in Glass’s operas Galileo Galilei (2002) and Kepler (2009). The talk will be followed by the planetarium show DAWN OF THE SPACE AGE at 8:45 p.m.    

The Double Reed Camp faculty will present a recital. Free and open to the public. PROGRAM TBA

The Super Sax Camp faculty will present a recital. Free and open to the public. PROGRAM SONATA (c.1943)...............................................................Fernande Decruck (1896-1954)        Movement I                Aidan Peper, saxophone; Tumaini Sango, pia BRILLANCE (1974)...................................................................Ida Gotkovsky (1933-2025)        Declame        Desinvolte                Elizabeth Laird, saxophone; Tumaini Sango, piano ADJUSTING PARAMETERS (2022)..............................................Jenni Watson (b. 1985)        Solo        Tempo                Dr. Bobbi Thompson, alto saxophone PHOENIX RISING (2016)............................................................Stacy Garrop (b.1969)                Dr. Garrett Evans, soprano saxophone “THE POSTCARDS” KANTADA (2004)...............................Marilyn Shrude (b.1946)                          alto saxophone/piano RIVER SONG (2010).................................................................................................Shrude                          alto saxophone CONTINUUM (POSTSCRIPT ’97)..........................................................................Shrude                          alto saxophone/piano                Dr. John Sampen, saxophone; Dr. Marilyn Shrude, piano

The Trombone Camp faculty will present a recital. Free and open to the public. PROGRAM The Smell of Wet Dogs After a Summertime Rain | Richard Zarou (b. 1981)           Eric Henson Stereogram No. 12 (Spain) | David W. Brubeck (dedicated to the memory of Frank Crisafulli)           Jeremy Marks My Favorite Things | John Sipher (b. 1984)           Justin Isenhour & loop station Blue Wolf | Brad Edwards (b. 1963)           Wesley Nielsen ~intermission~ Achieved is the Glorious Work | Franz Joseph Haydn, arr. Don Miller City of Arts and Sciences | David Faleris Mein Junges Leben Hat Ein End | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, arr. Steven Verhelst Mr. Sandman | Pat Ballard, arr. David Wetter

The Flute Camp faculty will present a recital. Free and open to the public. PROGRAM Sonata for flute and piano (1951) | George Antheil (1900-1959)      Allegro      Adagio      Presto Sonata in G for flute and basso continuo “Hamburger Sonata” (1786) | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)      Allegretto      Rondo tenzone for two flutes and piano (1977) | Chester Biscardi (b. 1948) Tango - Études (1987) | Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992))      No. 4: Lento-Meditativo      No. 3: Molto marcato e energico Concertino for flute and piano, op. 107 (1902) | Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Like a Chicken (1989) | Linda Hallam-Sutto (b. 1957)

The string faculty will present a concert. Free and open to the public. PROGRAM Sonata No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 78 | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)        I. Vivace, ma non troppo                Dr. Benjamin Hoffman, violin                Dr. Irene Kim, piano Chahagir, Op. 56a (1944) | Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)                Dr. Hannah Levinson, viola Invisibility (2009) | Liza Lim (b. 1966)                Liam Battle, cello Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major, K. 423 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)        I. Allegro        II. Adagio       III. Rondeau. Allegro                Dr. Benjamin Hoffman, violin                Dr. Hannah Levinson, viola