Year 9 Science Workshops - 9th January 2014

On Thursday 9th January, we held three Passionate, Gifted &Talented Year 9 Science workshops at Windmill Lane. Two visiting Scientists, Richard Robinson and Jonathan Hare led the fantastic workshops, enjoyed by all our budding Science enthusiasts. The students had the opportunity to buildĀ  Moog Synthesizers to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their invention. In 1964, Robert Moog created one of the first modular voltage-controlled music synthesizers, and demonstrated it at the AES convention that year. Moog employed his company to manufacture and market his synthesizers which, unlike the synthesizers created by Don Buchla (the other prominent figure in the early history of the synthesizer), featured a piano-style keyboard as a significant portion of the user interface.