A moment with...

Napolitano: Not giving autographs

...a mathematical musician. Even though he is a math major, Tony Napolitano, Steds freshman, has still found time for his avocation... music. When he wasn't balancing his time between his love of numbers and music, I was able to chat with musical mathematician, and here is what Napolitano had to say...

St.Ed: I hear that you recently had a concert. What was it, and how did it go?

Napolitano: It was the Glee Club Christmas Concert accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra, and it went really well. We sold out two shows and they broadcast it on some local channel, so that is pretty cool.

St.Ed: Say, what instrument to do you play?

Napolitano: I'm all about dat flute.

St.Ed: At your recent concert, what would happen if you didn’t wear all black but rather some other color, say all white?

Napolitano: Any chance I have to wear all white without looking like a fool, I take it. A concert is not one of those times. On top of looking ridiculous, the conductor would at worst not let me play in the concert, and at best berate me for my stupidity.

St. Ed: All I see these days in bands is brass, brass, and more brass instruments. In this environment, do you think that the flute has been discounted and relegated to the being just a above woodwinds?

Napolitano: Though brass can be very overwhelming in things like marching band, it doesn't come close to the power of strings in an orchestra. That being said, the flute lines usually can stand out because they're written like ten octaves above everyone else. And flutes always get the coolest lines so...

St. Ed: If you had to play a piece from a movie, what would you play?

Napolitano: The opening music to Star Wars is the greatest movie music ever, so I would have to choose that. John Williams is a beast.