10:00 AM, April 17, 2023

USC Cammilleri Hall | Brain & Creativity Institute (In-Person)

In this interactive workshop neuroscientist Clifford Saron and cellist Barbara Bogatin explored the intersection of contemplative practice, neuroscience, and music practice, three distinct yet intertwined disciplines. 

They talked about how meditation can inform and complement whatever it is that we practice in our lives, and learn about aspects of brain function that help us understand neuroplasticity, as well as how we perceive and respond to music. Audience members experienced a performance of Bach Prelude in G major leading into a guided meditation. 

The great American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein said, “Music speaks when words cannot; it can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.” Music has the power to connect people, to change our brains, to incite anger or make us calm, to heal our pain.…

Event Link: https://mindfulscience.usc.edu/event/the-buddha-the-brain-and-bach/