Performance Therapy Symposium
Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) presents the Performance Therapy Symposium.
This all-day event will feature a special panel discussion and more hosted by Patricia Zarate, BGJI outreach coordinator, and Danilo Pérez, BGJI artistic director. Please refer to the detailed schedule below:
9:00 a.m.
National and International Outreach Programs
Witness Matlou, post-master fellow, Berklee Global Jazz Institute
Edmar Colon, alumnus, Berklee Global Jazz Institute
10:00 a.m.
The Therapeutic Aspects of Music
Special guest: Kathleen Howland, PhD, professor of music therapy, Berklee College of Music
11:00 a.m.
History of Music as a Tool for Social Change
Patricia Zarate, outreach coordinator, Berklee Global Jazz Institute
Danilo Perez, artistic director, Berklee Global Jazz Institute
12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:00 p.m.
Music, Nature and Ecology
Special guest: Brian Farrell, PhD, director, David Rockefeller Center For Latin American Studies; professor of biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
2:00 p.m.
Interconnective Learning
Special guest Anthony Scibilia, assistant professor, Liberal Arts Department, Berklee College of Music
3:00 p.m.
Making Social Change through Music in Present Time
Special guest: saxophonist, composer, and educator Ed Harlow's Solar Jazz Festival