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Mainly Mozart - Mozart & the Mind

Auditorium at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla

Led by University of California San Diego researcher Tim Mullen, the new series Mozart & the Mind takes includes presentations by leading scientists and musicians on a variety of topics, including the role of music in therapy and rehabilitation, and in improving focus and treating attention disorders; how advances in cognitive neuroscience and neurotechnology create new possibilities for musical expression; how aging impacts hearing, memory and brain function; and the power of music to heal and to transform lives, reinforced with live music and interactive demonstration. An interactive "Brain-Music Exposition" actively invites audience, scientist and artist communication around a series of exhibits and installations exploring brain-music connections. Among the various exhibitions will be the opportunity for audience members to don state-of-the-art wearable neurotechnology and explore 3-D models of their own brain activity and use their thoughts and feelings to create music. Attendees will walk away not only having heard incredible performances, but will have learned something they can apply to everyday life. Top musicians - pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, Stephen Prutsman and Anna Polonsky, The St. Lawrence String Quartet, violinist Bella Hristova, violist Che-Yen Chen, cellist Ronald Thomas, clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester, and horn player Julie Landsman all perform in the Spotlight –Festival concerts paired with the MATM series. Mozart & the Mind - Lecture 6:00 PM "Music Therapy: Ancient Practice, Beat of the Future" - free lecture by Dr. Barbara Reuer Wine Reception (part of concert ticket price) 6:30 PM Spotlight - Festival Concert 7:30 PM MOZART Piano Trio No. 6 in G, K. 564 Bella Hristova, violin; Ronald Thomas, cello; Anna Polonsky, piano HAYDN Trio for Horn, Violin and Cello, Hob.IV:5 Julie Landsman, horn; Stefan Jackiw, violin; Ronald Thomas, cello NOVACEK Four Rags for Two Jons Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Anna Polonsky, piano DOHNANYI Sextet in C, Op. 37 Bella Hristova, violin; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Ronald Thomas, cello; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Julie Landsman, horn; Anna Polonsky, piano Artist "Talk-Back" Q & A 8:45 PM (sponsored by Cavignac & Associates) *Please Note: The Neurosciences Institute Auditorium has become The Auditorium at TSRI (The Scripps Research Institute). It is located at 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive. TICKETS 6:00 PM Music-Brain Lecture Free 6:30 PM Reception Included with concert ticket 7:30 PM. Spotlight- Festival Series Concert $55 To order, please call 619.46.MUSIC (619.466.8742), or the Festival Box Office at 619.239.0100.