Creative Health: Music, a day-long conference, is Friday October 7th from 8:30am-4:30pm at Bates College.

Register here to join us.
This conference is free for students (enter STUDENT as promo code)!

A day of learning, inspiration, and connection; built around music/sound and health.

About this event

The Music Health Conference is in its fourth year, and this year we’re focusing on music! Join musicians, researchers, and music therapists who will share their work, research, and philosophies about music/sound and healing. Gain ideas and resources for using music as a tool for health, either for yourself or with your clients. Sessions include lecture and experiential formats. No prior musical experience necessary.

The conference is open to healthcare professionals, therapists, caregivers, self-advocates, students, and teaching artists or musicians. Join us for a day of learning, inspiration, and connection. Free to students: enter STUDENT as a promo code and show your current ID at check-in. Please wear a mask and follow the Bates College visitor requirements.

Presenters:

8:30-945 Dr. Robert Zatorre, McGill University; co-director of international laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound research.

10-1120 Kate Beever, MA, MT-BC, music therapist, Maine Medical Center

Lunch break (registration required, lunch is included)

12:30-1:45 Kristen Bellisario, PhD; soundscape musicologist

2-3:15 Tina Callahan, stroke survivor, and Patricia Mulholland, music therapist, performance of Sonata Project

3:30-4:30 Timothy O’Donnell, MD; Journey in Curiosity

4:30-5 Networking

Bates College Commons

Friday October 7, 2022; 830-430

Therapists and educators will receive a certificate for 6 hours of learning for your continuing education credits.