QUOTES
"The Earth Music Theater Live event on March 26, featuring Cady Coleman, was a standout experience for students in the NASA-funded Math Resilient Students (MaRS) program that I oversee. The event was also deeply inspiring for the broader community. The immersive videos of Earth from space were breathtaking, and the live music performed by Steve Thomas and his exceptional band was truly uplifting.
Astronaut Cady Coleman is one of the most captivating speakers I have encountered. Her special meeting with our MaRS students was a motivating and memorable experience for them. She exemplifies how grit and perseverance can lead to significant contributions to science and humanity.
Everyone I spoke with took away messages of peace, unity, and resilience from the event—values that are especially precious in these uncertain and divisive times."
Christophe Golé
Professor of Mathematical Sciences
Smith College
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"Earth Music Theater Live conveys the beauty and fragility of our planet by merging stunning images
from the International Space Station (ISS) with a sublime musical performance. It speaks to the current
moment with a sense of both awe and urgency."
Salman Hameed
Charles Taylor Chair and Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities
Hampshire College, MA, USA
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"...Thomas and his group performed improvisational "guitarscapes" incorporating ambient, fusion,
baroque, jazz and country to accompany the trip. A cool detail was there was an indicator where over
the Earth you were at any given time. The aurora images were unbelievable...I've never imagined
what it would be like to float over aurora australius or borealus."
Chuck Dube'
NEPM broadcast engineer
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"...a fabulous evening and experience. It made me feel so grateful to be alive in this beautiful and creative universe. The music and videos were magical, enchanting, touching and uplifting. A woman to my right who I’ve never met before grabbed my hand when we both gasped at the same time. When it finished she turned to me with tears in her eyes. Which brought tears to mine!"
Audience member
Smith College performance 3-26-2025
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"I felt reconnected to the Earth."
Kimberly Stuart
Easthampton, MA
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“Very impressive movie, music and model of the ISS.”
Rob WIlson
Hatfield, MA
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"It was quite breathtaking, I have not stopped thinking about it! I want to share it with so many people!
The combination of the music and visuals just mind altering!”
Jean Ann
Northampton, MA
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“...a really outstanding evening! It was spectacular to see the earth from space and have the
accompanying band.Carl's flutes added beautiful inflections which spoke to the experience of
being lifted, both physically and metaphorically high above the earth.
Pamela and Larry
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"Quite an experieince and hard to put into words"
D. Anderson
Northampton, MA
