Music and mind: harnessing the arts for health and wellness

Foreword / Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD

Overture : music and mind / Reně Fleming

How and why : experts explain the basic science connecting arts and health, including origins in evolution: Musicality, evolution, and animal responses to music / Aniruddh D. Patel, PhD ; What does it mean to be musical? / Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, FRSC ; The parting glass / Richard Powers ; Sound connects us / Nina Kraus, PhD ; How music shows us what it means to be human / 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, MD, FASPC ; Rabbit hole / Rosanne Cash ; Music for chronic pain management / Joke Bradt, PhD, MT-BC ; Music acrossthe continuum of care : a hospital setting / J. Todd Frazier ; "I sing the body electric" : music psychotherapy in medicine / Joanne Loewy, DA, LCAT, MT-BC

Health in the spotlight : artists and leading presenters discuss key health and community initiatives: How to fall in love with opera / Ann Patchett ; Our symphony orchestra : the people's band and a symbol of civilization / Ben Folds ; Arts for non-arts outcomes / Deborah Rutter ; Musical connections : what can music do? / Sarah Johnson ; Sing, dance, and play! / Mark Morris ; Dance and Parkinson's : finding humanity through a musical road map / David Leventhal

Creative learning : educators and researchers illuminate the effects of art engagement on the developing brain: Humans are musical creatures : the case for music education / Indre Viskontas, MM, PhD ; State of the art : national statistics on music in America's schools / Kenneth Elpus, PhD ; Rhythm & rhyme : supporting young children and families with musical play / Sara Beck, PhD, and Miriam Lense, PhD ; Healing arts / Anna Deavere Smith ; Play on Philly / Stanford L. Thompson ; Belonging through music : investing in our children's future / Francisco J. Nę͠z

Music as therapy : experiences and applications: Music and mysticism / Zakir Hussain ; Healing note by note / Tom Sweitzer, MMT, MT-BC ; The potential of group singing to promote health and well-being / Julene K. Johnson ; Sing your way home : how music therapy taught me to trust the journey / Stacie Aamon Yeldell, MA, MT-BC, AVPT ;... & the field : re-membering the Hinterlands in music & health / Marisol Norris, PhD, MT-BC, & Esperanza Spalding ; Music and memory : exploring the power of music to reach those with dementia and other neurologic conditions / Concetta M. Tomaino, DA, LCAT, MT-BC ; My voice, my song : music as a form of self-expression in cancer treatment / Sheri L. Robb, PhD, MT-BC, and Jefri A. Franks, MS, CPC ; Achieving body, mind, and soul harmony with multiple sclerosis

Science, a deeper dive : researchers reveal their methodology and compelling results: Arts-based therapies in integrative health / Emmeline Edwards, PhD, Wen G. Chen, MMSC, PhD, Catherine Law, MTSC, Mark Pitcher, PhD, and Helene M. Langevin, MD ; Music, memory, aging, and science / Coryse St. Hillaire-Clarke, PhD, Dave Frankowski, PhD, and Lisa Onken, PhD ; Art therapy, psychology, and neuroscience : a timely convergence / Juliet L. King, ATR-BC, LPC, LMHC, and Anjan Chatterjee, MD ; Coda and crescendo : how neuroscience created neurologic music therapy to help heal the injured brain / Michael H. Thaut, PhD ; Musical enjoyment and the reward circuits of the brain / Robert Zatorre, PhD ; The benefits of musical engagement across the life span : education, health, and well-being / Assal Habibi, PhD, Hanna Damasio, MD, Antonio Damasio, MD, PhD, and Beatriz Ilari, PhD

The road ahead : integrated approaches to arts, technology, community, and health for the future: Nature, culture, and healing / Yo-Yo Ma ; Composing the future of health / Tod Machover, Rb̌ecca Kleinberger, PhD, and Alexandra Rieger ; Porous density / Liz Diller ; Blueprint for cultivating the field of neuroarts / Susan Magsamen, MAS, and Ruth J. Katz, JD, MPH.