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Music and Mind - Exploring Music and the Arts as Medicine

A conversation with Renée Fleming and panelists from Sentara Healthcare & EVMS

Monday, June 2, 2025, 12 PM
Robin Hixon Theater, Clay & Jay Barr Education Center
Free. Registration required. Space is limited.

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Join us for a powerful and inspiring symposium panel discussion featuring renowned soprano and arts advocate Renée Fleming, alongside esteemed healthcare professionals from Sentara Healthcare and Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences (formerly EVMS).

This special event, titled Music and the Arts as Medicine, invites you to explore how music and the arts are transforming healthcare and healing. Designed for a general audience, this conversation will expand on themes from Renée Fleming’s initiative Music and the Mind, highlighting the intersection of music, brain science, and wellness.

Panelists include:

Renée Fleming, international opera sensation and author of Music and Mind

Paul F. Aravich, Ph.D. – Behavioral Neuroscientist, and Professor of Basic and Translational Sciences, Geriatrics, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University 

Tracy Bowdish, MM, MT-BC, NMT™ – Music Therapist at Sentara Neurology Specialists

Mary R. Roberts, Ph.D., LPC-ACS, LSATP, ATR-BC, ATCS – Core Counseling Faculty and Program Director of the Counseling & Art Therapy program, Director of Arts for Optimal Health Program, Eastern Virginia Medical School of Health Professions, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University  

Whether you're a healthcare professional, arts lover, or simply curious about the healing power of music, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.