Exploring the Mind Through Music

Twenty fellows—ten musicians and ten scientists—will be invited to Rice campus for innovative cross-disciplinary seminars and public lectures by distinguished visiting and resident faculty.   Musicians and scientists at any stage in their professional career are encouraged to apply.

The goal of the Conference is to promote collaboration between musicians and scientists and spur research.  In the mornings, in-depth seminars will introduce the scientific fellows to musical structure and history and the musician fellows to brain morphology, music perception and experimental design.  In the afternoons and evenings, the fellows will join together for lectures related to current research.  The Conference concludes with a joint session with all participants.

The morning seminars are open to the Rice and Baylor community.  The afternoon and evening lectures are free and open to the public.

All events are free and open to the public.

Visiting Faculty:

• DAVID HURON, Ohio State University

• FRED  LERDAHL , Columbia University     

• ANIRUDDH PATEL, The Neuroscience Institute

• ROBERT ZATORRE, McGill University

Resident Faculty:

• GREGORY BARNETT, Musicology

• ANTHONY BRANDT, Music Composition and Theory

• DAVID EAGLEMAN, Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine

• NORMAN FISCHER, Cello

• SUZANNE KEMMER, Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics

• CHRISTINE NEUGEBAUER, Music Therapy, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital

• CASEY O’CALLAGHAN, Philosophy

• BOB SLEVC, Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics

• C. RICHARD STASNEY, Otolaryngology, The Methodist Hospital

Presented by:

• The Shepherd School of Music
• Rice University's Humanities Research Center
• Methodist Hospital's Center for Performing Arts Medicine*
  

 

No registration or advance reservations are required. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.