Music of the Spheres: Two Views of the Moon

Each summer Lick Observatory hosts the Music of the Spheres concert series. Program for each includes the concert, a talk by a University of California astronomer about current research and, weather permitting, viewing with the historic 36-inch Great Lick Refractor and the Nickel 40-inch telescope. A knowledgeable group of local amateur astronomer volunteers provide additional viewing of the sky and informal discussion of astronomy.

America Bound: During 30 years of touring Golden Bough mined Europe's Celtic regions for their best music. Now, Margie Butler, Paul Espinoza, and Kathy Sierra return to the Music of the Spheres with a new repertoire: the songs of the Irish and the Scottish as they left their homeland for the new world.

In America Bound, Golden Bough performs the music of dreaming about and coming to America, and the Celtic melodies that became America's best-loved folk songs. Join us for an evening of harp, fiddle, accordion, guitar, penny-whistle, percussion, and song as Golden Bough celebrates America's Celtic heritage.

Speaker: Graeme Smith, UC Santa Cruz