Museum of Science, Boston

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Cahners Theater
With Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, James McGill Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, McGill University; director, Laboratory for Music Perception, Cognition, and Expertise; author, This is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs; Rosanne Cash, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter; author. This presentation is part of the ongoing Celebrity Science Series.

Open audio

Listen: Click "open audio" to hear Rosanne Cash's "Sea of Heartbreak" with Bruce Springsteen, the first single from her new album, List, available online in the Museum shop.

Please join us for this Reno Family Foundation Symposia event, part of the Celebrity Science Series.

How does music evoke our emotions? Why does music play such an important role in our lives? Join us for a noteworthy evening with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin and artist Rosanne Cash. Levitin is a rock star of science who has worked with Sting, David Bryne, and others. Cash, who has been performing, recording, and writing songs for 30 years and is the daughter of the legendary Johnny Cash, underwent brain surgery in 2007 and brings a unique perspective to music on our minds.

Tickets: On sale for Museum members beginning Monday, August 31. Tickets for the general public begin Thursday, September 3. Purchase tickets in person at the Museum box office, by phone at 617-723-2500, or online at store.mos.org.

Photo © Arsénio Corôa (top left), Jake Chessum (top right).

Fee: $25; includes post-program reception.

Funded by the Reno Family Foundation.

Additional funding for adult programs provided by the Barbara and Malcolm L. Sherman Fund for Adult Programs and the David and Marion Ellis Endowment Fund.

Related Links:

Rosanne Cash
Purchase Roseanne Cash's Album
Daniel Levitin
Purchase This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin
Purchase The World in Six Songs by Daniel Levitin
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