{"id":44428,"date":"2025-07-07T17:57:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/?p=44428"},"modified":"2025-07-31T20:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:44:37","slug":"conference-2025-music-and-mind-a-panel-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/conference-2025-music-and-mind-a-panel-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference 2025: Music and Mind: A Panel Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Music and Mind: A Panel Discussion | 2025 National Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6K2WxaK7uU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-coral-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Music-and-Mind-A-Panel-Discussion-Transcript.pdf\">Read the transcript (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Speaker(s)<\/strong>: <strong>Ren\u00e9e Fleming<\/strong>, former Artistic Advisor at Large, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; <strong>Assal Habibi<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California; <strong>Indre Viskontas<\/strong>, Associate Professor University of San Francisco, Cognitive Neuroscientist, Science Communicator and Opera Stage Director<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following her keynote at the Opening Session, Soprano Ren\u00e9e Fleming was joined by leading experts from the music and health field for a free-ranging conversation about the power of music to improve health and support brain development. We heard insights from the cutting edge of research that can inform orchestras as they continue to expand their work in this life-changing area that deeply enhances their relationships with their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further resources<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/catalyst-guide-orchestras-in-health-and-wellness\/\">League Catalyst Guide: Orchestras in Health and Wellness<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/learn\/health-and-wellness\/\">League Resource Page: Health and Wellness<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo Credit: Douglas Carter Photography<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following her keynote at the Opening Session, Soprano Ren\u00e9e Fleming was joined by leading experts from the music and health field for a free-ranging conversation about the power of music to improve health and support brain development.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":44524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learn","format-video","learning-type-conference-resource","topic-education-community-engagement","topic-health-and-wellness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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