World-acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming — a leading advocate for the study of the powerful connections between arts and health — leads a dynamic discussion with a panel of experts to explore the powerful connections between the arts and health.
Space is limited and REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for this free panel event.
Panel presented by Tuesday Musical and hosted by the Hudson Library & Historical Society.
We’ll begin with an introduction by Ms. Fleming, highlighting the intersection of music, neuroscience, and healthcare, alongside personal stories and insights from her career. Brief presentations and conversations follow with panelists:
Herbert Bruce Newton, MD is a pioneer in neuro-oncology with a passion for music (he plays bass in classic rock bands) and the Medical Director of the Brain Tumor Center at University Hospitals’ Seidman Cancer Center. Dr. Newton studies music and brain function. In working with brain tumor patients, he has applied the benefits of music therapy. “The musical ability in our brains has been in place for many thousands of years and is heavily involved in our emotional circuits,” he says. “The human brain is ‘pre-wired’ in most people to enjoy and appreciate music.”
Violinist Arial Clayton Karas is one of Cleveland Clinic’s longest-serving Musicians-In-Residence in their ground-breaking Performing Arts Program. She has given thousands of performances in healthcare spaces for patients, families, and caregivers across Cleveland Clinic campuses and beyond. She also is the founder of OPUS 216, a multi-genre ensemble presenting hundreds of performances every year, including partnering with Tuesday Musical’s Decompression Chamber program that aims to help ease stress by bringing free concerts to homeless shelters, healthcare facilities, schools and other high-pressure sites throughout our region.
Seneca Block, Ph.D, LPMT, MT-BC is a board-certified music therapist and the Lauren Rich Fine Endowed Director for Expressive Therapies with University Hospitals’ Connor Whole Health. Having worked as both a music therapist and program developer at several large-scale healthcare systems, his clinical goals include pain and stress management through music therapy. Dr. Block is working to implement music and art therapy into standard healthcare models including both general medical and psychiatric settings utilizing his expertise in program development, pain management, and community mental health.
Copies of Renée Fleming’s books Music and Mind and The Inner Voice will be available for purchasing and signing courtesy of The Learned Owl Book Shop in Hudson.
Space is limited.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
for this free panel event.