Concerts

2026 Season

Quantum Concert
April 30th 7:30pm
Harvard CfA
Phillips Auditorium
60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA

With Guest Producer: Spencer Bambrick

Through live musical performances, immersive visuals, and illuminating talks from expert researchers, this one-of-a-kind experience transforms the complexity of quantum physics into something deeply human. Hear the echoes of wave-particle duality, sense the tension of the uncertainty principle, and witness the threads of entanglement that connect particles — and perhaps all of us — across time and space.

Join David I. Kaiser, Professor of Physics, author, and Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science at M.I.T. as he discusses his work on entanglement and the origin of structure in our universe. Audiences will be invited to share in the excitement of his groundbreaking Cosmic Bell Experiment, which uses light from distant quasars to test quantum theory.

Semiosis Quartet will perform new music by Spencer Bambrick and Michal Nissimoff. Each piece performed by the string quartet explores a different aspect of quantum physics, from Heisenberg’s thoughts on the beauty of the mathematics, to key experiments that shape our understanding of the quantum realm, all the way to reflections of light from the early universe that leave an impact on our present.

Quantum Concert isn’t just a concert. It’s an invitation to listen differently, think deeper, and feel the awe of a universe, which is more mysterious and beautiful than we ever imagined.

Chemistry in the Universe
June 6th 7:30pm
Harvard CfA
Phillips Auditorium
60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA

Is the chemistry of our Earth the same as in space? Does the chemistry we hold in our hand inform us of the distant universe - and vice versa? Join an organic chemist, an astrochemist, and a live chamber ensemble to explore these questions through science and music!

Professor Jeremiah Johnson of MIT researches molecular networks - and how we can take our knowledge of chemistry and polymers to create new structures that have never been seen before, transforming our lives. Professor Brett McGuire studies how nature creates complex molecules in the distant universe - confirming that Earth is not the only place where chemical creativity unfolds. Through these separate approaches, will we one day understand if life and earth are unique or an inevitable consequence of chemistry in the universe?

To explore our role as humanity in this picture, the scientists are joined by the musicians of the Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble and the Multiverse Concert Series. They will perform live acoustic and electronic music that sheds light directly on scientific themes - and our relationship with them. 

This performance brings the chemistry of the cosmos to life by merging live music with a playable universe. Over the course of the evening, we will run a 60-minute interactive visual simulation powered by the Genesis engine, developed by Vanessa Rosa, Ph.D. Supported by the NSF Center for Molecularly Optimized Networks (MONET), audiences will witness the story of matter in real-time—from the Big Bang to complex polymerization. Following the performance, attendees are invited to take part in an interactive gaming experience and impact assessment designed to bridge the gap between astrophysics and submicroscopic chemistry.

Together, will artists and scientists uncover the chemical connections that bind us to the universe? 

Part of the Art of Polymers Project, made free by MONET: the Center for the Chemistry of Molecularly Optimized Networks

Reef Music
Harvard Science Center
September Date TBA

The plight of coral reefs is often overlooked. These beautiful ecosystems exist far from our everyday environments, but are suffering nonetheless from our continued use of fossil fuels and the resultant rising ocean temperatures and water acidification.

Reef Music is a collaboration between Multiverse and the Davies Marine Population Genomics Lab to celebrate the work of biologists around the world: striving to understand and safeguard coral populations in the face of climate change.

Multiverse Institutional Backers