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'String Quartet Composed from 133 Years of Climate Change Data, by Daniel Crawford [WATCH]

Pushing the uses for music ever more diverse, the latest application of the string quartet carries some scientific implications. 133 years of climate change data have been compressed into a short piece for string quartet by geographer (and now composer) Daniel Crawford, a senior at the University of Minnesota. Visualizing the data that has been accurately collected from various parts of the world about climate changes, Daniel Crawford devised a system where the stringed instruments would represent time, latitude, and climate in the span of a short piece.

By Steve Nagel

'Orchestral Flash Mobs: Guaranteed to Get You in the Holiday Spirit

At Classicalite, we've been entertaining ourselves by watching videos of holiday flash mobs, while trying to convince our bosses that the proliferation of such is breaking news that really MUST be covered. Here, then, are the results of our copious research into this important trend.

By Louise Burton
'Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤ Will Return to Lead the Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra in Historic Concert Next May

The University of Minnesota announces that Osmo Vänskä will return to lead the musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra once again, on May 2, 2014, at the University of Minnesota's newly remodeled Northrup Memorial Auditorium.

By Louise Burton

'Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤ Conducting Farewell Concerts with Minnesota Orchestra Musicians

By Louise Burton

'String Quartet Composed from 133 Years of Climate Change Data, by Daniel Crawford [WATCH]

'Orchestral Flash Mobs: Guaranteed to Get You in the Holiday Spirit

'Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤ Will Return to Lead the Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra in Historic Concert Next May

'Osmo VÃ¤nskÃ¤ Conducting Farewell Concerts with Minnesota Orchestra Musicians