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  • A collage of attendees and speakers participating in the December 14-15, 2024 Music as Medicine event. Panelists seated at a table; Dr. Francis Collins and Ms. Renee Fleming listen and clap from the audience; participants stand and clap; a musician perfor
  • Dr. Francis Collins joined soprano Renee Fleming and Charles Limb, M.D.
    On September 12, 2019, Sound Health was a featured panel during the REACH Opening Festival at the Kennedy Center. NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins joined soprano Renee Fleming and Charles Limb, M.D., the Francis A. Sooy Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at University of California, San Francisco.

    Renate Myles

  • Soprano and Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor at Large Renée Fleming, CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins

    Soprano and Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor at Large Renée Fleming, CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins at the second Sound Health Music and the Mind event on September 7, 2018.

    Jati Lindsay

  • NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and Renée Fleming

    NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins and renowned soprano Renée Fleming perform on stage at the Kennedy Center for Sound Health’s Music and the Mind.

    Scott Suchman

  • NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, Jussie Smollett (Empire), Ben Folds, Renée Fleming, and the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra perform at the Kennedy Center

    The Kennedy Center, Â鶹Éç, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins, acclaimed singer-songwriter-actor Jussie Smollett (Empire), multifaceted singer-songwriter-composer and NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds, renowned soprano and Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor at Large Renée Fleming, and the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra take you on a fascinating journey to uncover mysteries about the human brain and its connection to music during Sound Health’s Music and the Mind event on June 2, 2017.

    Scott Suchman

  • Jussie Smollett performs at the Kennedy Center

    Acclaimed singer-songwriter-actor Jussie Smollett performs at the Kennedy Center during Sound Health’s Music and the Mind event on June 2, 2017.

    Scott Suchman

  • Ben Folds performs at the Kennedy Center

    Ben Folds performs with the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.

Videos

  • The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Â鶹Éç (NIH), Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director; and renowned soprano and Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor at Large Renée Fleming have launched a partnership, entitled Sound Health, designed to explore the connections between music, health, and wellness.

  • The Â鶹Éç studies the mind of one of the world's greatest singers, Renée Fleming. NIH Director Francis Collins speaks to the ongoing efforts to better understand the processes and impact of music in the brain.

  • Ben Folds composes a song live for orchestra in only 10 minutes.

Audio

  • Listen to Dr. Collins and Renée Fleming on NPR All Things Considered — The Soprano And The Scientist: A Conversation About Music And Medicine.

    Shelby Knowles/NPR

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