Music and Health Exchange: Crossroads of Music and Medicine
June 29, 2018
The Berklee Music and Health Institute hosted a conversation with medical professionals, practitioners, and musicians to explore the intersection of music and medicine with a focus on chronic pain, trauma, and addiction.
Schedule
8:30 a.m. Registration/Check-In
Coffee and Conversation


Joy Allen, Chair, Music Therapy Department; Acting Director, Berklee Music and Health Institutute
9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks

9:20 a.m. Intersection of Arts in Public Policy

9:30 a.m.–9:50 a.m. Setting the Stage

9:50 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Keynote: Crossroads of Music and Medicine

10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Chronic Pain
Pain: The Intersection of Sensation and Emotion

Music in the Burn Unit?

Musician as Physician: Interwoven Artistry for Complex Cancer Pain Management

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Addiction
Drug Story Theater: Where the Treatment of One Becomes the Prevention of Many
Joseph Shrand, M.D.; Chief of Adolescent Psychiatry; High Point Treatment Centers Lecturer, Harvard Medical School
Treatment and Creativity: Why They Go So Well Together

Music Therapy for Infants with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
Jasmine Edwards, M.A., MT-BC; Music Therapist, Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospitals

12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Lunch
Berklee Dining Hall
160 Massachusetts Avenue, Second Floor
1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Trauma
Supporting Resilience through Trauma-Informed Care

Communty Healing Concerts: Uncovering Beauty at the Depth of Trauma and Pain
Rebecca Strauss, M.Ed.; Music Director, Riverview Chamber Players
Embodied Creative Arts Therapy Interventions with Trauma

2:30 p.m.–2:45 p.m. The Perspective of a Musician and Arts Activist

2:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Intersecting Music and Medicine

Joy Allen, MT-BC, Chair of Music Therapy
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Music and Health Freestyle: Roundtable Discussions
This is an opportunity for participants to reflect on presentations shared, exchange ideas, and explore key issues, trends, and practices related to chronic pain, trauma, addiction, and the future of Berklee’s Music and Health Institute.
4:00 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Music and Health Freestyle: Report Out
4:45 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Closure and Inspiration
