Music as Medicine: Therapeutic Benefits of Music
Explore exciting topics behind the science and art of music as this panel discusses these thought provoking questions.
What are some of the emotional and physical benefits that music has on the human body and how might we define music as truly being a form of medicine in the future? How can the general public play a vital role in this movement through advocacy, charity work, and surveys?
Join this diverse panel of highly acclaimed professionals in the fields of neuroscience, digital music technology, bio-metric data collection, cognitive research, and caregiving, as they explain collaborative efforts currently happening to achieve this goal.
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Ashley Brightwell
Music Is Our Weapon
Angela Elkins
Senior Care Centers LTC
Indre Viskontas
Cadence San Francisco Conservatory of Music University of San Francisco
Michael Zanders
Texas Women's University