Praise for
THE MOONS SYMPHONY has captured the imaginations of astronauts, scientists, and educators alike.
Below are selected reflections from those who’ve experienced the music and its mission to unite space and storytelling through sound.
The Space Leaders
“I am overwhelmed with your work. Oh My!
What beauty you are gifting our needed world and cosmos"
Danielle Green
PHD Author - A Magnificent Obsession
"Amanda, Oh my! Epic and spectacular!"
Dr Robert Pappalardo
NASA | Lead Scientist for Europa Clipper 2022
“We were blown away by the incredible THE MOONS SYMPHONY, presented by Amanda Lee Falkenberg during EPSC - DPS"
EPSC - DPS European Planetary Science Congress - GENEVA 2019
“Your symphony is absolutely Beautiful!!!
Michael Carroll
International Award winning Space Artist and Author
“I participated in Friday event at Australian pavilion and I just want to congrats on an impressive show.
Dr. Tomaz Rotonik
CEO Skylabs
Australian Pavilion Dubai World Expo
"The Moons Symphony...has so much emotion and potential to really sink in deep of humanity's collective heart and memory. When I close my eyes, I still see the pictures and hear the music."
Dr. Tomaz Rotonik
CEO Skylabs
Australian Pavilion Dubai World Expo
"Warmest congratulations on this major accomplishment! I watched the video just now, and really love it. The music, lyrics and artistic illustrations are all excellent!
It’s really a masterpiece."
Xianzhe Jia NASA | JPL
"I thoroughly enjoyed "Miranda" movement from The Moons Symphony at the American Astronomical #233 event. Hooray for contemporary female composers and science/art/music synesthesia!"
Dr Jennifer L. Hoffman - Associate Professor University fo Denver
"In my opinion, THE MOONS SYMPHONY is a beautiful way to express the incredible science returned by missions like Cassini in music and to share that with the public. I found it very moving and inspirational!”
Dr. Linda Spilker
NASA | JPL
“THE MOONS SYMPHONY exists at the intersection of art and science, delivering an aural tour of some of the most amazing moons in our solar system. Beautifully crafted and a joy to hear.”
Ed Bell
Former Scientific American Art Director
"I just watched the video, which I found amazing! I absolutely love the music! It really conveys the scale and sense of wonder and mystery that shrouds Titan."
Ron Miller - Award Wining Space Artist
“The MOONS symphony evokes the feeling of soaring over the complex landscapes of this carbon-rich Ocean World in the outer solar system that we will explore with the Dragonfly rotorcraft lander in search of clues to the chemical origins of life.”
Dr Zibi Turtle
Project Scientist NASA Dragonfly Mission
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The Artistic community
“Once in a while, a new composition comes along and knock you right off your feet - the emotion, the breadth, the message gets its hooks in you and holds on.”
Limelight Feature — Megan Stellar
"Sometimes an idea is so inspired, so perfect, you have to wonder: How did this not exist before? Now there’s a new work of genius to elevate into this class: THE MOONS SYMPHONY, composed by Amanda Lee Falkenberg.”
Ravinia Music Festival
Chicago 2024
“This is a captivating work, an exciting and emotional journey in tonal language, in which the composer aspires to make her music serves as a reflection on who we are and where we are, so that we are aware of the beauty of our planet and the majesty of the moons of our solar system…Alsop is impeccable because of the naturalness with which she extracts all the melodic weight of this work, which lives with the stars”
Sonograma Magazine
“Amanda Lee Falkenberg's latest album is out of this world — sincere warm congratulations on a spectacular, mesmerizing composition!”
Fine Music Radio Inc. Melanie Bruce
“I’ve just spent a euphoric five minutes listening to your latest masterpiece, 7th movement of
THE MOONS SYMPHONY. Absolutely beautiful and very emotional.”
Allan Wilson UK Conductor
(The Philharmonia Orchestra)
"TITAN is a fabulous piece. Congratulations.
I deliberately listened without watching the video the first time and it works beautifully.
Watching with the video one can see how amazing it will be in a concert setting.
Well done. Exciting times!"
Jeff Jarrett
Producer of The London Symphony & Royal Philharmonic Orchestras
“This ambitious project is brought to life by a sizzling LSO and a gutsy London Voices…This is musical painting on an infectiously grand scale”
BBC Music Magazine
“The Moons Symphony immediately invites comparison with Holst's Planets, but it is a different beast: a choral work depicting seven moons with a wide range of behaviours right here in our solar system…“The MOONS SYMPHONY is a wonderfully evocative work that could equally grace concert halls or film scores”
Music Files LTD
Audience Impact
The music was absolutely incredible, it really made you feel like you were soaring through the solar system.
Student Reaction
Imperial College London
“THE MOONS SYMPHONY is out of this world! Brilliant, amazing and fabulous. I absolutely, absolutely, love it !”
Rasha Al Mubarak Samhoun
“I am still shaking..(The Moons Symphony) hits a perfect resonance twixt moon and soul.
It's a musical thrill ride through our solar system with each movement spectacularly crafted in
feel and detail for each exotic orb.
A "must listen!"
Priscilla Thomas
IAAA artist USA
“Oh my goodness. Both fabulous. Goosebumps - especially the orchestral and choral material in Miranda. This is truly a mammoth and amazing project you are achieving and the visuals and narration are also breathtaking.”
Graeme TYLER - Australian International School Hong Kong Head of Performing Arts
“You FEEL this persons visit to space (by Astronaut Nicole Stott) then YOU go on this voyage to moons through THE MOONS SYMPHONY music. It was very powerful."
Andrea Hamilton
Author of LONDON EVERYDAY
"This is an exceptional opportunity to discover worlds beyond our reach through the medium of music. The visuals and sound promise to be spectacular and Amanda was able to show us what the project could deliver.
The concept is original, engaging and exciting and has potential to be an educational groundbreaker."
Mr Chris Vizzard Head Teacher DESC