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Praise for David’s music and Octave of Light

Octave of Light featured in New Scientist - February 2021 “Don’t Miss: Listen”

“The discovery of habitable exoplanets. Music to his ears.” Big Picture Science Radio Show & Podcast on Octave of Light Album

“Composer David Ibbett encodes the dreams and details of complex physics phenomena into music to help audiences appreciate their splendour.” Nature

“The opening track “Water Romanza”; a sprawling and gorgeous introduction to the world Ibbett has created, bolstered by Sterling’s impressive vocal” Andrew Bourque of the Allston Pudding on Octave of Light album

"The music is like Mozart mashed up with Club Beats and Electronica" Original Gravity Concert Series

“It will be an out of this world experience when David Ibbett… debuts his first album, "Octave of Light," in a performance at the Boston Museum of Science” Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“A WPI professor is set to debut his first musical album this week and it's out of this world.” Spectrum News Channel, Worcester MA

“Is life sustainable on other planets? If music is a clue, David Ibbett… can tell you the answer.” Jessica Messier, WPI Blog

"Some may notice their toes are tapping while they groove to his exciting rhythmic complexities" Boston Music Intelligencer

“Molecules are halfway to being musical instruments to begin with… like a violin string, a molecule vibrates and rotates and resonates. That's similar to what David is actually doing with musical instruments.” Roy Gould, Harvard Center for Astrophysics

“I felt completely immersed in journey into the micro world beyond our senses. [David has] successfully taken the whole audience into a place we couldn't experience in another way than art and music!“ Anna Barnacka, Black Hole Researcher

"David's music [for piano and electronics] is symphonic, lush, virtuosic, meticulously crafted, and full of so much heart" Sophia Subbayya Vastek, pianist