Join us for this two day event on music and medicine with UK and international speakers and facilitators.
The first day will be a conference, with talks and panel discussions, going through the neuroscience and psychology of music, and the evidence for clinical interventions in general medicine and psychiatry. There will an overview of the history of the use of music in medicine, and future possibilities will also be discussed.
The second day of the meeting will be an experiential day, consisting of workshops allowing participants to explore in greater depth particular themes of interest for them. This might be the integration of music in clinical practice, bringing music in medical education, or the practice of music therapy in various settings, such as trauma, and integrative work, neuropsychiatry, neurodisability, or dementia, all using different musical modalities.
There will be work on conflict and reconciliation, as well as easing the wounds of war and displacement, and the opportunity to learn more about the social and public health impact of musicians. Active participation and music-making will be encouraged throughout the workshops and there will be musical interludes during both days.
Key learnings attendees will gain about music and medicine:
The purpose of this meeting is to provide an overview of the history of the fruitful interface between music and medicine, with a particular focus in emotional and experiential dimensions, going on to describe current practices, research and evidence, as well as considering future possibilities. This is a two day event, with the first day being a conference and the second day experiential workshops.
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Dr Gordana Milavić, President, Psychiatry Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Professor Morten L, Kringelbach, Professor of Neuroscience, Aarhus University
Professor Eric Clarke, Heather Professor of Music, University of Oxford
Dr Lisa Wong, Assistant Clinical Professor, Arts and Humanities Initiative, Harvard Medical School
Professor Helen Odell-Miller OBE, Professor of Music Therapy and Director, Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research
Dr Bruce Victor, Visiting Scholar, University of Cambridge, Former Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Professor Darin Weinberg, Professor in Sociology, Fellow and Director of Studies, King's College, University of Cambridge
Professor Richard Andrews, Emeritus Professor of Language Education, University of Edinburgh
Professor Colwyn Trevarthen, Emeritus Professor of Child Psychology and Psychobiology, Psychology Department, University of Edinburgh
For those who have pre-registered
Dr Gordana Milavić, President, Psychiatry Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Professor Nigel Osborne, Composer, University of Edinburgh
Dr Lisa Wong, Assistant Clinical Director, Arts and Humanities Initiative, Harvard Medical School, Professor Aaron Williamon, Professor of Performance Science, Royal College of Music and Dr Flora Smyth Zahra, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinarity and Innovation Dental Education, Kings College London
Tina Warnock, Vocal Psychotherapist, Post Graduate Researcher, Anglia Ruskin University, Founder and Director, Belltree Music Therapy and Professor Helen Odell-Miller OBE, Professor of Music Therapy and Director, Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research
Linda Thai, Mental Health Clinician, Storyteller, and Educator, Trauma Research Foundation
Kasia Sikora-Black, Music Therapist, Director, Culture Development and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, Chiltern Music Therapy and Rosie Axon, Director, Life Support, Corporate Connector and Designated Safeguarding Lead, Chiltern Music Therapy
Lyz Cooper, Founder and Principal, British Academy of Sound Therapy
Jonathan Cousins-Booth, Director of Education and Professional Affairs, British Association for Music Therapy
Tommy Sands, Folk Singer, Songwriter, Radio Broadcaster, and Political Activist and Professor Gabriel Scally, Associate Fellow, Institute for Public Policy
Dr Lisa Wong, Associate Co-Director, Arts and Humanities Initiative, Harvard Medical School, Katya Herman, Great Ormond Street and Professor Suzanne Hanser, Chair Emerita, Berklee College of Music
Professr John Sloboda, OBE, Research Professor, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Dr Jo Gibson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Research Associate, The International Centre for Community Music, York St John University
Dr Simon Procter, Director of Music Services (Education, Research and Public Affairs), Nordoff Robbins
Adrienne Freeman, Music Therapist, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust and Alison Gabriel
Vera Brandes, Research Director, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg
Jonathan Cousins-Booth
Optional film screening
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on Thursday 9 March 2023. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.
This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.
