Speaker(s): Renée Fleming, former Artistic Advisor at Large, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Assal Habibi, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California; Indre Viskontas, Associate Professor University of San Francisco, Cognitive Neuroscientist, Science Communicator and Opera Stage Director

Following her keynote at the Opening Session, Soprano Renée Fleming is joined by leading experts from the music and health field for a free-ranging conversation about the power of music to improve health and support brain development. We will hear insights from the cutting edge of research that can inform orchestras as they continue to expand their work in this life-changing area that deeply enhances their relationships with their communities.