ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Classical music is taking on a new form in downtown Allentown.

Da Vinci Science Center and the Allentown Symphony Orchestra are launching a new interactive exhibit that lets guests step into the spotlight.

“It’s phenomenal. I don’t believe there’s anything like this anywhere,” Da Vinci Science Center Executive Director and CEO Lin Erickson said.

At the Da Vinci Science Center, visitors aren’t just listening to music, they’re stepping inside it.

“This is the debut of the “Become a Musician” exhibit,” Diane Wittry, music director of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, said. “It is based around Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and it’s a ten-minute excerpt of music from the finale.”

This exhibit will be a hit with visitors. You yourself can become a musician by taking a picture and turning into an avatar.

“You can be a member of the chorus, or you can play an instrument and pick the instrument you want to play, and you see yourself on the screen and you see the members of the orchestra playing that very same instrument,” Erickson said.

That experience required capturing every detail of the performance.

“Our recording engineer set up more than 30 microphones across the stage to capture not just the overall audio of the performance, but also the individual instruments,” Allentown Symphony Executive Director Al Jacobsen said.

Guests can touch on icons of instruments and will be able to hear each individual sound.

“If you want to hear the violin or the cymbals or whatever, you pick that and hear that as it’s being played on the big screen by the orchestra,” Erickson added.

City leaders say it’s the kind of collaboration that keeps downtown growing.

Mayor Matt Tuerk said, “I’m just always excited when I see downtown institutions showing up for each other and partnering on really cool projects together.”

Symphony leaders say they hope this collaboration will help share the power of music.

“It’s been proven that music and exposure to music helps in so many ways,” Wittry added. “It’s just core to our existence in our society.”

The exhibit opens to the public on Friday.