Renée Fleming's Music and Mind on Feb 2, 2024 | UCSB Arts & Lectures

Location Details: Mary Craig Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (enter via the Library Plaza).

Registration for this event is full, but there will be a standby line in case of no-shows. 

Renowned soprano Renée Fleming is a leading advocate for the study of the powerful connections between the arts and health. As artistic advisor to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, she launched the first ongoing collaboration between America’s national cultural center and the National Institutes of Health, and she partners with other leading organizations to bring attention to research and practice at the intersection of music, health and neuroscience. 

In her program Music and Mind, Fleming invites leading local scientists, physicians and practitioners to join her, offering illuminating discussions and sharing the latest findings about this growing field with communities where she performs. 

A World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health, Fleming is a founding advisor for major initiatives – including the NeuroArts Blueprint, a project of Johns Hopkins University and the Aspen Institute, and the Sound Health Network at the University of California San Francisco. Her work has earned her Research! America’s Rosenfeld Award for Impact on Public Opinion and the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award.

Panelists:

Renée Fleming

Nicole Moayeri, M.D., FAANS
Medical Director of Neurosurgical Oncology at Cottage Health’s Santa Barbara Neuroscience Institute

Daniel Levitin, Ph.D.
Neuroscientist, Cognitive Psychologist, Musician and Bestselling Author

Jonathan Schooler, Ph.D.
Director of UCSB’s Center for Mindfulness and Human Potential, Acting Director of the Sage Center for the Study of the Mind