Our final lecture examining the intersection of science and fine arts

Sing with the Birds - Dr. Samantha Carouso-Peck
Sunday, March 7th at 6pm

The Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts is concluding its lecture series examining the intersection of science and fine arts with a presentation by Dr. Samantha Carouso-Peck (Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Psychology, Cornell University). To join this free lecture, visit TCFA.live for details. 

This lecture will explore the ways in which birdsong resembles human song and speech, and how birds learn to sing by shaping up their tunes using feedback from parents and peers that is imperceptible to the human eye. Dr. Carouso-Peck will discuss the incredible vocal flexibility of songbirds, parrots, and other mimics that incorporate human sounds into their repertories, and how birds, like humans, pass down songs through the generations. She will also take a ‘bird’s eye view’ of how birds perceive time, sound, and motion differently from us, and how this affects their learning of song and dance, from acoustic acrobatics to backflips to tapdancing.

Samantha Carouso-Peck began her animal research career studying word learning in African grey parrots in the lab of Dr. Irene Pepperberg at Brandeis University. She then studied the visual object recognition system of rats in the neuroscience lab of Dr. David Cox at Harvard University. Her doctoral research focused on social effects on song learning in zebra finches, studying how tiny social cues imperceptible to humans are a driving force in shaping a young finch’s song. As a postdoctoral researcher, she is investigating how humans in classroom settings learn from social interaction, and developing theoretical models of how and why the ability to learn to vocalize evolved. Her research has been featured in Science magazine, Scientific American, at Google SciFoo, and published in Current Biology, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Philosophical Transactions, and Animal Behaviour.

TCFA continues our regular programming in various venues around the area. Save the date while we continue to work on firming up our locations.


Sun. Oct. 20

40th Annual Fall Invitational

Forge Cellars on Seneca Lake; Burdett, NY


Sat. Nov. 2

Dia de Muertos Mask Making Workshop

St. James the Apostle Church

Trumansburg, NY


Sat. Nov. 9

Tenzin & Emmett Scott

Lodi Historical Building; Lodi, NY


Sat. Dec. 7

Handmade Holiday

St. James the Apostle Church

Trumansburg, NY


Sat. Dec. 14

HORIZON Art Show Closing Reception

Forge Cellars; Burdett, NY

Sun. Jan. 26

Can Give Concert

Ulysses Philomathic Library; Trumansburg, NY

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Sat. Feb. 8

Piedmont Blūz Acoustic Duo

First Unitarian Society of Ithaca

Ithaca, NY


Sun. Mar. 9

TOiVO Spring Forward Dance

Enfield Valley Grange; Ithaca, NY


Fri. Mar. 14       

Kilrush

St. Paddy's Day Weekend Kickoff 

- Fundraiser for Ovid Fire Relief -

Ovid VFW; Ovid, NY


Sun. Apr. 27

Spring Music Recital

First Presbyterian Church; Trumansburg, NY

Fri. May 2         

CayAC Spring Show

CSMA Art Gallery; Ithaca, NY


May 17-18

Spring Dance Recital

Trumansburg HS Auditorium; Trumansburg, NY

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