For the third time in as many years, SFI and the Santa Fe Symphony collaborated to produce a unique concert exploring the interface between music and science. “Voyages of Discovery III: Bach On the Brain,” featured selected works of Johann Sebastian Bach interspersed with commentary by SFI Vice President and neuroscientist Chris Wood about the brain’s response to sound and music. The event included two special concerts for New Mexico fourth graders.

The Santa Fe Institute has always challenged orthodoxy, probed freely across disciplines, and asked difficult questions. Here SFI President Jerry Sabloff gives his thoughts on how and why SFI asks big questions.

SFI has been awarded a major new grant from the John Templeton Foundation to pursue fundamental understandings of the hidden regularities in complex biological and social systems.