Event Lectures and Symposia Music Is Medicine: Renée Fleming and Daniel J. Levitin on the Arts and Wellness
Date and Location
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When: Saturday, August 24, 2024
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
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Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center - West Salon GHI (Street Level, South Building)
801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001
Part of National Book Festival ; 2024 National Book Festival
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Research shows that music does more than enliven our inner worlds. Music is also an effective tool in combating ailments from neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s to cognitive injury, depression and pain. Editor and opera legend Renée Fleming (“Music and Mind”) and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin (“I Heard There Was a Secret Chord”) discuss music as a potent therapy. Moderated by Michael Andor Brodeur.