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Wright State University Department of Music is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)

Wright State University Department of Music is a proud OMEA

4th Annual Music & Medicine Symposium
When: Tuesday and Wednesday
October 29 & 30, 2013
   
Where: Schuster Hall, Creative Arts Center, Wright State University
   
Sponsors: WSU Department of Music
WSU Boonshoft School of Medicine


Although music is considered an art and medicine a science, there is a scientific basis to music and an “art” to medicine. This symposium showcases the WSU collaborative program between the Department of Music and School of Medicine.

Registration

The program is open to the entire WSU and surrounding community. Admission is free, but space is limited. Register via email. Send the following information:

  1. Name
  2. Any special dietary needs for lunch (lunch is provided free, compliments of the Boonshoft School of Medicine)

Send this information to music@wright.edu, with the subject line "Music and Medicine Registration".

To ensure you are registered and will receive a lunch, registrations need to be emailed by Thursday, October 24, 2013.

 
Biographies of Guest Performers

 

Program

The Concert
Tuesday, October 29
Schuster Hall, Creative Arts Center
7:00 pm

Featuring PBS’s Hallelujah Broadway stars Rodrick Dixon and Alfreda Burke, along with Boonshoft School of Medicine faculty and colleagues

     

The Symposium:
Orchestrating Communications and Teamwork
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:45am to 4:00pm
Schuster Hall, Creative Arts Center

8:45am Welcome

Glen D. Solomon, M.D.

9:00am How the Instrumental Performer Communicates with the Audience

Randall Paul, D.M.A., Chair, Dept. of Music

9:30am

How the Vocal Performer Communicates with the Audience 

Rodrick Dixon
and Alfreda Burke

10:00am Master class for Vocal Students  Rodrick Dixon
and Alfreda Burke
11:00am How Patients Can Communicate Effectively with Their Doctors 

Cynthia Sheppard Solomon, R.Ph., and Bruce Scott, M.D.


12:00pm Lunch  

1:00pm

How the Director Communicates with Her Performers and Her Audience

Linda Brovsky
1:30pm

Having the Difficult Conversation — Sex, Drugs, Life and Death 

Jerald Kay, M.D.

2:00pm

Acting Improvisation for Medical Students

Linda Brovsky

3:00pm

Medicine and Magic — Reality and Perception 

Nicholas Rizzo, M.D.

3:30pm Panel Discussion and
Wrap-Up