Singing Science - Bringing Science to you through music!
Welcome to the Singing Science homepage, bringing shows and songs to you that puts the present of science into wrapping paper of music and the visual arts. Currently gestating "Genomics - The Musical"! Find out about shows, music and more!
The eight tracks from Genomics! The Musical! are available for download from Bandcamp for you to listen to at your leisure. For a full listing please, some chances to listen to the songs, and download the album, please go to the Singing Science Bandcamp website.
2022 update! The album is now available from streaming services such as:
Genomics! The Musical! is a one person show where the fundamentals of genes and our DNA are explained using a series of ‘musical mini-lectures’. Ideas are introduced with words, and then developed on with catchy songs performed with a video backdrop providing further insights into the science of what makes us us. All done with a light touch of humour to provide an ideal family edutainment show!
Themes cover Mendel’s pea plant experiments, the gene-RNA-protein relationship, variation and the phylogenetic tree. The Mendel song is the proud winner of the Geekpop most contrived lyric award.
The show can be tailored to child/teen or adult audiences, and can be performed in halls, schools, pubs and festival tents. In fact, anywhere with a sound system and a projector! Running time is around 55-75 minutes depending on the nature of the show.
If you would like to book a show please contact singingscience@outlook.com. See Singing Science for Schools for more information about what is offered and how to request a session.
Many thanks go to the collaborators who work with making the music and videos that make this show such a success, and the Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Team for guidance and initial funding for the project.
I’m excited to be performing (Saturday 26th November 10.30am) alongside talks and exhibitions from Genomics England and others at RAREfest 2022 at the Guildhall in Cambridge. See here for more information!
Earlier this year I performed at the Wellcome Genome Campus, and this saw the first performance of a new song dedicated to Henrietta Lacks, who passed from Cervical Cancer a century ago. The researchers studying her passing realised her cells were unlike other cancer cells they had studied before in…
This Halloween I decided to link the spookiness of the occasion with the callout for donors for the NHS Blood Donation. Hope you enjoy the quick song below and if you are able to, please consider going to Home – NHS Blood Donation to find out more about what’s involved,…
The 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay is an epic journey across the Commonwealth, with The Queen’s Baton visiting all 72 nations and territories. Before going to Birmingham, the relay hit the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton for one of the changeover points. Karmadillo/Singing Science performed some busking sets on the…
First some of the setup pre-gigging, including the fun area for the young’uns to play in… … and then the fun performing part! It was a nice little gig, probably more oriented to covers-whilst-people-eat type scenario, but lots of food and drink on offer! Thanks to DS for organising and…
A decade ago I was lucky enough to work for a short while at the Cambridge University Herbarium after its move to the Botanical Gardens in Cambridge. It introduced me to the roles John Stevens Henslow and John Lindley played in guiding Darwin. Henslow in particular was Darwins’ mentor. One…
A playlist of videos from Genomics! The Musical! is now available on YouTube. I will update these as newer ones are made ready for the internet. All the songs have videos used in the shows, but I’m hoping to have the full setlist in a public video up by the…
Here are some photo’s from the Museum of Zoology in Cambridge. The revamp (a couple of years ago now) means it has changed a bit since I first used to walk past the whale hanging outside (because there wasn’t room to put it indoors!) as a student walking past on…
The new Singing Science T-shirt shop is now online. Opening up with three designs including the cover to Genomics! The Musical! Head over to https://singingscience.teemill.com to grab yourself one of these items! Teemill was chosen as the printshop as they have products made using natural materials, in factories powered by…
