Appold Planetarium extends BIG
New Toledo Symphony Orchestra collaboration enhances audience experience The Appold Planetarium has extended its crowd-pleasing, family-friendly BIG to include the following dates. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. each evening. · Saturday, March 5 · Friday, March 11 · Saturday, March 12 · Saturday, March 19 BIG A planetarium show that takes a quirky and imaginative look at the size and scale of our Universe, BIG is an immersive journey to the farthest reaches of the known Universe, as far the eye can observe. Along the way, audiences will visit exotic celestial objects and virtually travel at the speed of light. BIG brings a really big subject down to earth. It examines how we started to explore the Universe beginning with space probes reaching out to our own Sun and the rest of the Solar System, then telescopes - collecting the light from stars. BIG travels through time, back through the hours, years, decades and millennia to the times and places from whence the light that our telescopes are collecting came. As it travels, it visits nebulae, globular clusters, galaxies and black holes. Admissions prices for BIG are $5 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. Reservations are strongly recommended. Please call 419-517-8897 or email [email protected]. Collaboration with Toledo Symphony Orchestra In February, the Appold Planetarium and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra announced a new collaboration that brings music to the planetarium experience. Prior to each show, guests can now enjoy the sounds of the symphony! The 30-minute recording offers a grand selection of music sure to delight audiences as they prepare to travel through the solar system and view starfields, planets and other celestial phenomenon. “We are excited to showcase the Toledo Symphony Orchestra at the Appold Planetarium. This addition makes a “trip to the stars’ even more engaging and memorable,” says planetarium coordinator Dr. Laura Megeath. “We’re delighted to collaborate with the Appold Planetarium. In keeping with BIG, their current planetarium show, we’ve chosen a performance of a movement by composer Gustav Mahler, who is well-known for increasing both the size of orchestras and the length of symphonies. The finale of Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, the “Song of the Night,” helped to close our 2014-15 season, and we felt it was especially appropriate for a planetarium show,” says Merwin Siu who holds the David W. Robinson Chair as the Symphony’s Principal Second Violin. Last summer, Lourdes University enhanced the Appold Planetarium with the latest available projection technology. Featuring SciDome, the world’s most comprehensive astronomy software, planetarium shows feature amazing astronomical detail. Toledo Symphony Orchestra The Toledo Symphony is a community-supported organization that is an exceptional musical presence for the region, creating a home for professional musicians and teachers who deliver outstanding performances and music education for all. Formed in 1943 as The Friends of Music and incorporated in 1951 as the Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc., the Toledo Symphony has grown from a core group of 22 part-time musicians to a regional orchestra that employs nearly 80 professional musicians who consider the Toledo Symphony their primary employer as well as numerous extra players annually as repertoire demands. Appold Planetarium Lourdes University’s Appold Planetarium is a proud member of the NASA Museum Alliance and has been designated an official NASA Space Place. Named “Best Place to See the Stars” by Ohio Magazine, the Appold Planetarium features SciDome, a fulldome video system powered by Starry Night – the world’s most comprehensive astronomy software, allowing real-time 3D sky simulation, fulldome shows and multi-media presentations. For a list of current and upcoming shows, visit the Appold Planetarium online at www.lourdes.edu/planetarium.
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