[Sci-all-l] Song culture and song learning in songbirds Hudson Valley Science Cafe

[Flora Grabowska]

Hudson Valley Science Café
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 7:00 PM

A SPECIAL EVENING OF SCIENCE AND MUSIC


Topic:  "Song culture and song learning in songbirds"

Presenter: Ofer Tchernichovski, Ph.D., Associate 
Professor of Biology, City University of New York


PLUS:  Music and comments by David Rothenberg and Timothy Hill.


David Rothenberg is professor of philosophy and 
music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology 
and author of Why Birds Sing (Basic Books, 
2005).  He was the editor of the MIT Press 
journal Terra Nova: Nature and Culture. David 
Rothenberg is also a composer and jazz 
clarinetist, and he has six CDs out under his own 
name, one of which was named one of the top ten 
releases of 1995 by Jazziz magazine.  


Timothy Hill is a singer, songwriter, guitarist 
and pianist, in jazz, folk, and world music. He 
has produced three CDs of his music and appears 
on eight recordings by David Hykes and The 
Harmonic Choir, and as a guest vocalist on other 
recordings. Hill performs his music frequently, 
and has appeared at Sin-e, Fez, Mercury Lounge, 
The Living Room, and Joe's Pub, alongside artists 
such as Jeff Buckley, Susan McKeown, Martha 
Wainwright, and Teddy Thompson.


Hudson Valley Science Café usually meets on the 
4th Wednesday of the month, except where noted. 
 Website: http://www.cafescientifique.org/hudsonvalley.htm
Meeting site: Diana's, 1015 Little Britain Road 
(Route 207), New Windsor (just east of Stewart 
Newburgh Airport, on the opposite side of the 
road from the airport entrance). See 
 http://www.DIANASNY.com for menus and map.
$3.00 admission fee includes coffee or tea. If 
you arrive at 6 PM, you can order from the Early 
Bird menu. No orders are taken during the 
Presentation (7:00-7:30).

SAVE THESE DATES

November 18: Note-This is the 3rd Wednesday 
because of Thanksgiving. "From Your Desktop to 
the World: Geobrowsers, Virtual Globes and Online 
Map Services" John Mickelson, M.S., Geospatial 
and Ecological Services, Monroe, NY


December 16: Note-This is the 3rd Wednesday 
because of Christmas. Tentative title:  "The 
electronic tongue", Glenn Roy, Ph.D. Pepsico 
Global R&D, Valhalla, NY


There will be no Science Café in January, 2010


Hudson Valley Science Café has received start-up 
funds from WGBH-NOVA and The American Chemical 
Society.
To suggest a speaker (yourself included), please 
contact Dr. Toby Rossman (tobyrossman at yahoo.com)
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