Music and mind: harnessing the arts for health and wellness

Foreword / Francis Collins Introduction / Renée Fleming How and Why : Experts explain the basic science connecting arts and health, including origins in evolution. Musicality, Evolution, and Animal Responses to Music / Ani Patel ; What Does It Mean to Be Musical / Dan Levitin ; The Parting Glass / Richard Powers ; Sound Connects Us / Nina Kraus ; The Importance of Music in Human Connection / Rhiannon Giddens The Medical Muse / Health professionals and artists share impacts of the arts in hospitals and clinical settings. Sounding Joy / Christopher Bailey ; Can Singing Touch the Heart? / Jacquelyn Kulinski ; Rabbit Hole / Rosanne Cash ; Music Therapy for Chronic Pain Management / Joke Bradt ; Music Across the Continuum of Care: A Medical Setting / J. Todd Frazier ; "I Sing the Body Electric": Music Psychotherapy in Medicine / Joanne Loewy Health in the Spotlight : Artists and leading presenters discuss key health and community initiatives. How to Fall in Love with Opera / Ann Patchett ; Arts for Non-Arts Outcomes / Deborah Rutter ; Our Symphony Orchestra : the People's Band and a Symbol of Civilization / Ben Folds ; What Can Music Do? / Sarah Johnson ; Sing, Dance, and Play! / Mark Morris ; Dance and Parkinson's Finding Humanity Through a Musical Roadmap / David Leventhal Creative Learning / Educators and researchers illuminate the effects of arts engagement on the developing brain. Humans Are Musical Creatures : The Case for Music Education / Indre Viskontas ; State of the Art: Music in America's Schools / Ken Elpus ; Rhythm & Rhyme: Supporting Young Children and Families with Musical Play / Miriam Lense and Sara Beck ; Healing Arts / Anna Deavere Smith ; Play on Philly / Stanford Thompson ; Building Belonging Through Music : The Art of Investing in Our Children's Future, Today / Francisco Nuñez

Music as Therapy / Practitioners and performers relay first-hand experiences of therapeutic music interventions. Title TK / Zakir Hussain ; Healing Note by Note / Tom Sweitzer ; The Potential of Group Singing to Promote Health and Well-Being / Julene Johnson ; Sing Your Way Home ; Stacie Aamon Yedell ; ... & the Field : Re-membering the interlands in Music & Health / esperanza spalding and marisol norris ; Music and Memory / Connie Tomaino ; Her Voice : Music as a Form of Self-Expression in Cancer Treatment / Sheri Robb and Jefri Franks ; Achieving Body, Mind, and Soul: Harmony with Multiple Sclerosis / Courtney Platt

Science : A Deeper Dive-Scientists reveal their research methodology and compelling results. Arts-Based Therapies in Integrative Health / Emmeline Edwards, Wen Chen, Catherine Law, Mark Pitcher, and Helene M. Langevin ; Music, Memory, Aging and Science / Coryse St. Hillaire-Clarke, Lisa Onken, and David Frankowski ; Art Therapy, Psychology, and Neuroscience: A Timely Convergence / Anjan Chatterjee and Juliet King ; Coda and Crescendo: How Neuroscience Created Neurologic Music Therapy to Help Heal the Injured Brain / Michael Thaut ; Musical Enjoyment and the Reward Circuits of the Brain / Robert Zatorre ; The Benefits of Musical Engagement Across the Lifespan : Education, Health and Well Being / Antonio Damasio, Hanna Damasio, Assal Habibi, and Beatriz Ilari

The Road Ahead-Thought leaders outline an integrated approach to arts, technology, community, and health for the future. Common Nature : Humans as Cultural Beings / Yo-Yo Ma ; Composing the Future of Health / Tod Machover, Rébecca Kleinberger, and Alexandra Rieger ; Porous Density / Liz Diller ; Blueprint for Cultivating the Neuroarts Ecosystem / Susan Magsamen and Ruth Katz.