Special Events

We are excited to announce our Fall 2009 Music and the Mind Scientific Workshop here at McMaster.

Creativity and Emotion in Music

Saturday, November 14, 2009

9am - 5:30pm

Council Chambers, Gilmour Hall 111

McMaster University

New! Special Campus Map with parking and workshop locations labelled.

As well, once you get to campus there will be volunteers and signs pointing you in the right direction.

Schedule for Saturday, November 14th:

8:15 - 9:15 Registration and Breakfast

9:15 - 9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks - Dr. Laurel J. Trainor

9:30 - 10:30 Universals and Cultural Specifics of Emotion in Music -

Dr. Tom Fritz

11:00 - 12:00 Music, Memories, and the Brain -

Dr. Petr Janata

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 Neural Mechanisms of Musical Improvisation -

Dr. Fredrik Ullén

3:00 - 4:00 Neutral Substrates of Spontaneous Improvisation in Jazz -

Dr. Charles Limb

4:00 - 4:30 Live demonstration of stimuli used in improvisation studies

4:30 - 5:30 General Discussion with all speakers

Click here to register

Registration is $40 ($20 for students) and includes breakfast and lunch

Payment is by cash or cheque (payable to "McMaster University")

at the door only