Lecture program - Spring 2022
April lecture online - May lecture in the library

Sunday, April 17
2:00 pm

Beethoven’s Violin Music and the Mystique of the Kreutzer Sonata
Alexandra Birch, Ph. D.
https://youtu.be/DNyfRXhwTIg
Violinist Alexandra Birch discusses the composer’s violin music and performs excerpts of his sonatas with a special emphasis on the famous 9th sonata, better known as the Kreutzer sonata.
Dr. Birch will play the complete set of Beethoven’s violin sonatas at Congregation B’nai Brith on April 24, 25, and 26.

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Saturday, May 21
2:00 pm

Snowball Earth in the American West
Professor Francis Macdonald, Department of Earth Science, UCSB
During the Cryogenian Period from ~720-635 million years ago, the Earth was covered in ice at least twice, from pole to equator. This climate state is referred to as the Snowball state, or Snowball Earth. This time period also overlaps with the Great Unconformity, which is thought to represent the largest gap in the rock record, and the origin of animals. Professor Macdonald will present the geological record of Snowball Earth and the Great Unconformity in the western United States. He also will discuss models for glacial initiation and proposed relationships with the Great Unconformity and biological evolution.
This lecture will take place in the Multi-Purpose room of the library.

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