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== Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome ==
On one Sunday each month during the warmer months of the year, Mt. Wilson Observatory hosts a chamber music or jazz concert in the dome.<ref name="Braz_2023">{{cite news |last1=Braz |first1=Anna |title=One of the most magnificent concert venues in L.A. is the dome of this 100-inch telescope |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2023-08-21/mount-wilson-observatory-dome-music-concert |access-date=15 June 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302111528/https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2023-08-21/mount-wilson-observatory-dome-music-concert |archive-date=Mar 2, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> The idea to use the dome as a venue for live music originated in 2017 from a conversation between Dan Kohne, a board member of the Mt. Wilson Institute, and Cécilia Tsan, an internationally recognized cellist.<ref name="Adamek_2021">{{cite news |last1=Adamek |first1=Pauline |title=Jazz Concerts in the Dome, Mt. Wilson Observatory |url=https://www.artsbeatla.com/2021/08/jazz-concert-in-the-dome/ |access-date=15 June 2024 |publisher=ArtsBeatLA.com |date=August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203042658/https://www.artsbeatla.com/2021/08/jazz-concert-in-the-dome/ |archive-date=Dec 3, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Tsan agreed that the acoustics in the dome were "extraordinary", comparable to such world-renowned venues as the [[Palais Garnier]] (Opéra de Paris) and the [[Thomas Jefferson Building#Coolidge Auditorium|Coolidge Auditorium]] at the Library of Congress.<ref name="Kaan_2021">{{cite news |last1=Kaan |first1=Gil |title=Interview: Cellist Cécilia Tsan On Combining Her Musical Artistry With CONCERTS Programming |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Interview-Cellist-Ccilia-Tsan-On-Combining-Her-Musical-Artistry-With-CONCERTS-Programming-20210721 |access-date=15 June 2024 |publisher=BroadwayWorld.com |date=July 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727054528/https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Interview-Cellist-Ccilia-Tsan-On-Combining-Her-Musical-Artistry-With-CONCERTS-Programming-20210721 |archive-date=Jul 27, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Kohne and Tsan worked together to create the series, which has run every concert season except for a break during the [[Covid-19 pandemic]]. Given that the observatory is no longer able to do significant research due to light pollution, it receives no scientific funding; the concerts therefore provide a significant portion of the budget needed to maintain the observatory as an historic landmark, along with ticketed events such as public viewing nights.<ref name="Purtill_2023">{{cite news |last1=Purtill |first1=Corinne |title=Saving Mt. Wilson Observatory: Inside the long battle to maintain the spot where we found our place in the universe |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/saving-mt-wilson-observatory-inside-100012619.html |access-date=15 June 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=October 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615101220/https://www.yahoo.com/news/saving-mt-wilson-observatory-inside-100012619.html |archive-date=Jun 15, 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>