Vancouver Writers Fest presents Daniel Levitin with Chor Leoni
Music is perhaps one of humanity’s oldest medicines, as well as its most universal. Neuroscientist, musician, and bestselling author Daniel J. Levitin reveals how the deep connections between music and the human brain can be harnessed for healing in his extraordinary follow-up to This Is Your Brain on Music—which revolutionized our understanding of the neuroscience of song.
A work of dazzling ideas, cutting-edge research, and joyful celebration of the human mind, I Heard There Was a Secret Chord explores the critical role music has played in human evolution. Long considered the remit of ancient practice and alternative medicine, scientific evidence is emerging that music can offer profoundly effective treatment for a whole host of ailments, from Alzheimer’s to PTSD, depression, pain, and cognitive injury. It is, in short, one of the most remarkably promising new therapies available today.
Discover how music can create profound benefits for those both young and old, as Levitin sits down with André Picard. This event will feature interludes by special musical guests Chor Leoni, the transfixing JUNO Award-nominated Vancouver choir.
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