Pi Symphony Overview

Pi symphony was born in a Calculus I class in the early 1990's. With my habit of making numbers into melodies, I decided to try the digits of pi. I was astonished to discover the simple melody which does not sound at all random out to 32 digits. At that time I did some more research and found that the digits of pi have only been calculated out to several hundred digits for a couple of hundred years. My goal then became to create a classic orchestration of this melody which imparts the emotions associated with scientific discovery. Within a year or two, I had finished the Pi Symphony, while studying Engineering/Physics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. I had several orchestral arrangements performed, but alas, never Pi. I spent one entire summer editing and writing more on the score. There are some .mp3 files of excerpts (below) from the synthesized rendition. One goal of this site is to sell copies of my synthesized rendition, to hopefully connect with an appropriate debut environment.

Pi Symphony Samples

Please use samples as a reference. If you want to talk about Pi Symphony please purchase a copy. Don't just download the sample. SHeesh! Note all the COOL people below who have REAL copies of my work and will be forever included in the master score. Pi and 'e' Pi Symphony Movement #1 PI and e (7:00 minutes) Real Audio Sample (32kbps) 40 sec. Mp3 sample 700k This sample opens with pi rounded to 3.1416 on horn, followed by the ensemble playing the same. Next a short fanfare digs deeper into the digits. At 44: seconds, the flute plays pi while all other instruments play snippets of the digital sequence. At 1:36, the melody of 'e' is introduced on the flutes At 1:45, The trupets play pi accompanied by strings whose chordal structure is also dictated by the digits. The CIRCLE Pi Symphony Movement #2 The CIRCLE (6:43 minutes) Real Audio Sample (32kbps) 20 sec. Mp3 sample 400k This sample opens with a fast run through the circle of fourths followed by a semi-dissonant pi. At 1:00 into the sample, we begin harmonically around the circle of fourths. At 2:03 you hear pi on the horns. Pi Symphony was performed TWICE in 2010! Here is a link to the images and audio from our adventure in Ruse, Bulgaria! Please purchase a copy of "Pi Symphony: The Ruse Performance", share this link with friends and help me tell the world about Pi Symphony. Also, to help understand just how the melody of Pi Symphony relates to the digits of pi, here is a video we produced last year.

Contributors

Contributors Include: Michael Round Cedric Hartman Tina Nichols Jim and Mary Jenkins Frank Fauble Scott Liberty Peter Buffett Rick Renn Jack Round Anonymous ( $31.41 ) Ingrid Erickson Daniel Wilkins Judith Downey John Konvalina Jennifer Cook Frank Stadler Bahman Kalantari C. Kelly Lohr Wayne Hayes Joel K. Haack Ann McGill Beth Novak Patrick Michael McCarthy (long lost friend rediscovered) Stephen Griffith Winston Baldwin Reza Sarhangi Louis Pachman Dr. James J. Watters Kim Yun Ju Holly Herman Lisa Gustafson Paula Baddley Chad P. Cotton Margaret Herlihy William Patrick Jill Lombaer James Eyrich Maria Steffero Mark Abbott Kathleen E. McCarthy Rodney J. Schmitz Jean McQuillin Christine Grablin Debbie Pankow Ken Hamik Christ Van Willegen Andy Gaines Alan Friedman Bruce Hendricks Amy Cantrell Mary L. Klar Katherine F. Jankowski Sandi Bruns Jan Buckingham David & Ginnie Tyler John W. Threlkeld Kathy Moore Janice Gibson Anita T. Ecker Jennifer Lynn Rasel Karen Collins Mary Thornburg Cindy Powell Jonathon Robinson Neal Grandgenett Edward T. Pegg Jr. Dave Frick-Wright Roger A. Henrichson Barb Mulliner Louise McCoskey Rita Bergeron Ronald E. Keutzer, Marmion Academy Patricia M. Iozzo Diane Anderson Kristin Bedell Laura Bauer Muriel L. Shaw Scott Rodham Kathy Layton Maureen Rossi Cathy Hundt, Archbishop Alter H.S. Paul Alves Lori Alexander Doug Hanson Mary Clausen Lana Rhoads David Lunbeck Lawrence Bangay Margaret Erickson Daniel Schafer John Barnhart Dick Holland Mary Jo Taft Eric Williams