{"id":526,"date":"2016-01-14T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T18:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/szsolomon.com\/percdb\/?p=526"},"modified":"2016-01-15T09:40:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:40:37","slug":"wahlund-the-whimisical-nature-of-small-particle-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wahlund-the-whimisical-nature-of-small-particle-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Wahlund &#8211; The Whimisical Nature of Small Particle Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><strong>The Whimisical Nature of Small Particle Physics (2006) by Ben Wahlund<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Players: 1<\/p>\n<p>Instrumentation: Snare Drum and Tape<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 7 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Program Note:<\/p>\n<p>In the fall of 2006, a dear family friend gave me a tour of his workplace \u2013 the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, IL. The home of an atomic particle accelerator, scientists use the machine to violently slam atoms into each other at incredibly high speeds and study the results. Among these results are a type of subatomic particle known as \u201cquarks\u201d which come in six different varieties \u2013 top, bottom, up, down, strange, and charm \u2013 and help scientists understand the nature of matter as well as the fabric of time itself. <em>The Whimsical Nature of Small Particle Physics <\/em>is presented as a suite of six types of quarks, with a seventh dance entitled \u201ccollision.\u201d The accompanying electronic track consists entirely of sounds I recorded at Fermilab \u2013 no other sound are involved though some are liberally altered. &#8211; Ben Wahlund<\/p>\n<p>Ben Wahlund holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree from The University of Mary in Bismarck, ND, and a Master\u2019s Degree in Music Theory and Composition, as well as a Performance Certificate in Percussion from Northern Illinois University. Mr. Wahlund\u2019s compositions are known for their creative use of percussion instruments and sounds, as well as their virtuosity. Additionally, Wahlund is the Program Director of the Birch Creek Percussion and Steel Band summer programs, serves as the director of percussion studies at Naperville Central High School in Naperville, IL, and owns and operates Black Dog Music Studios in Aurora, IL.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Annotated by Christine Augspurger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Whimisical Nature of Small Particle Physics (2006) by Ben Wahlund Players: 1 Instrumentation: Snare Drum and Tape Duration: 7 minutes Program Note: In the fall of 2006, a dear family friend gave me a tour of his workplace \u2013 the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, IL. The home of an atomic particle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/percdb.szsolomon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}