Huachuca Astronomy Club—Speakers Matthew Whitehouse was the featured speaker at the August 7, 2009 meeting of the Huachuca Astronomy Club, on the Sierra Vista Campus of Cochise College. Photo by Del Gordon Matthew Whitehouse Bio:  Organist and composer Matthew Whitehouse is a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he studies organ performance and composition with Pamela Decker. Whitehouse holds the Master of Music degree in organ performance from the University of Arizona and completed undergraduate studies in organ and composition at the University of South Carolina. His compositions have been performed in recitals and church services in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and his solo organ work "Nebulae" will be featured in two concerts in Paris, France, in the Fall of 2010. Whitehouse serves as organist and choir director at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Sierra Vista where he oversees all aspects of the parish music program, including the newly-completed rebuilding project for the church's pipe organ. In addition to his work as an organist, composer, and church musician, Whitehouse is a member of the instructional staff of the University of Arizona Astronomy Camp and assists with education and public outreach programs at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Astronomy and Contemporary Music Synopsis:  The tremendous progress in astronomy during the 20th and early 21st centuries has proven to be a source of great inspiration for contemporary art music composers. Many 20th- and 21st-century works exhibit some sort of connection to phenomena in astronomy, physics, and mathematics. This presentation explored some such works, with a particular emphasis on Whitehouse’s newly-composed pieces. The presentation featured a substantial visual component, including images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Speakers Index