The NAMM Foundation truly makes a difference in the music world each and every day. The nonprofit organization continues to support programs that keep the music alive. For 71 on our Countdown to NAMM, we wanted to highlight NAMM FOUNDATION as sponsors of the 20th anniversary forum of FORUM OF CENTERLIGHTS INSTITUTE FOR MUSIC AND NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION.
Foundations Grant Bolsters Two Decades of Groundbreaking Research on the Relationship Between Music and Brain Function
Carlsbad, CA (November 9, 2015) The NAMM Foundation makes this weeks Institute for Music and Neurologic Functions (IMNF) 20th Anniversary forum possible. The forum entitled Celebrating the Science of Music and the Brain in Human Development, Health and Healing focuses on the IMNFs central work: how and why music affects brain development and healing.
Supporting credible, peer reviewed research that studies how and why the brain interacts with music is work that the NAMM Foundation has been committed to for decades, said Mary Luehrsen, executive director of the NAMM Foundation. With the NAMM Foundations support researchers are helping more people worldwide understand the value and power of learning to play music.
The forum gathers diverse stakeholders in the world of music therapy, including: multidisciplinary experts in the study of brain functioning; artists and musicians involved in the healing space; educators and students of science and the arts; activists and advocates of transformative and innovative medicine; and others who are interested in the connection between music and brain therapy.
Were marking this landmark anniversary in the most meaningful way we know how by continuing to promote and share the advances in neuroscientific research, which fuel the limitless therapeutic applications of music, said IMNF Co-Founder and Executive Director Dr. Concetta M. Tomaino. Were immensely grateful to The NAMM Foundation for their generous support of our mission.
Neuroscientist and best-selling author of This is your Brain on Music, Daniel J. Levitin, PhD serves as the events keynote speaker. The forum features panels and conversations with leading scientists, researchers, music therapists and music therapy clients/consumers in the areas of cognition, emotions, motor function and language, Live and mixed media presentations including the highly visual Mickey Hart-Dr. Adam Gazzaley collaboration on rhythm and the brain, will also run throughout the forum.
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For more details on NAMM 2016, visit their website at https://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2016
About The NAMM Foundation
The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit organization funded in part by the National Association of Music Merchants and its 9,900 members. The Foundations mission is to advance active participation in music making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving and public service programs. For more information about the NAMM Foundation, please visit www.nammfoundation.org.
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Location & Hours
Anaheim Convention Center
800 West Katella Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92802
| Thursday, January 21 | 10 a.m.–6 p.m. |
| Friday, January 22 | 10 a.m.–6 p.m. |
| Saturday, January 23 | 10 a.m.–6 p.m. |
| Sunday, January 24 | 10 a.m.–5 p.m. |
*Hall E and Levels 2 & 3 open at 9:30 a.m.
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