Students Match Soundscape Scores to ’Monet in Bloom’

Impressionistic compositions add element to Phipps Conservatory's Summer Flower Show. Collaboration blooms between Carnegie Mellon University and its neighbor, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Students in the Experimental Sound Synthesis course sculpted sounds to accompany delicate floral displays for Phipps' Summer Flower Show "Monet in Bloom." More than 100,000 visitors are expected to visit the immersive experience where each of the conservatory's rooms will be themed to different paintings by French impressionist Claude Monet and recreate portions of his own garden. Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens' Summer Show displays inspired by Claude Monet including "The Artist's Garden at Vétheuil." Above the doors of the Gallery space are 24 speakers that combine soundwaves to create a wave field synthesis array. "Summer Flower Show: Monet in Bloom" Through Sept. 25 - 9:30-5 p.m. daily and until 10 p.m. Fridays Tickets must be reserved in advance. https://www.phipps.conservatory.org/ "I think it's really cool, and when you walk through the conservatory each of the display rooms feel like a very different area," said Jordyn Melino, associate director of exhibits for Phipps and a 2007 graduate of CMU's Mellon College of Science.