Sound and music are powerful forces for human connection, emotional exploration, communication and artistic expression. Over the past five years, our interdisciplinary team has investigated some of the ways in which sound and music can be used in public contexts to build connection with, and understanding of, science.

This presentation will share some of our undertakings in creative forms of science communication through new musical compositions, sound design and embodied public performance. Together we will listen to music inspired by facilitated conversations between musicians and scientists (Live From The Lab) and acousmatic compositions designed to assist audiences to build their own mental models of scientific concepts (Sonaphor). To close, the audience will be invited to join in the creation of a new soundtrack to accompany a short scientific story (Atomic Choir).