20 episodes

The Library's Music and the Brain events offer lectures, conversations and symposia about the explosion of new research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and music. Project chair Kay Redfield Jamison convenes scientists and scholars, composers, performers, theorists, physicians, psychologists, and other experts at the Library for a compelling 2-year series, with generous support from the Dana Foundation.

Music and the Brain Library of Congress

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The Library's Music and the Brain events offer lectures, conversations and symposia about the explosion of new research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and music. Project chair Kay Redfield Jamison convenes scientists and scholars, composers, performers, theorists, physicians, psychologists, and other experts at the Library for a compelling 2-year series, with generous support from the Dana Foundation.

    Music as Medicine

    Music as Medicine

    Host Steve Mencher talks with Dr. Deforia Lane, Director of Music Therapy, Univeristy Hospitals of Cleveland.

    • 19 min
    The Future of Music

    The Future of Music

    Host Steve Mencher talks with Tod Machover, composer and Director, Professor of Music and Media, and Director of the Opera of the Future Group at MIT.

    • 27 min
    Music Therapy, Alzheimer's and Post-Traumatic Stress

    Music Therapy, Alzheimer's and Post-Traumatic Stress

    Host Steve Mencher talks with Alicia Clair about Music Therapy, Alzheimer's and Post-Traumatic Stress

    • 17 min
    Music and Grief

    Music and Grief

    Host Steve Mencher talks with Music and the Brain Series advisor Kay Redfield Jamison about her book Nothing Was The Same.

    • 17 min
    Wellness and Growth: Acoustic Medicine and Music Therapy

    Wellness and Growth: Acoustic Medicine and Music Therapy

    Host Steve Mencher talks with Dr. Jayne Standley, Director of the Music Therapy Program, Florida State University.

    • 20 min
    Wellness and Growth: Acoustic Medicine and Music Therapy

    Wellness and Growth: Acoustic Medicine and Music Therapy

    Host Steve Mencher talks with Dr. Vera Brandes, Director, Research Program Music Medicine, Paracelsus Medical Private University, Salzburg.

    • 17 min

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