Symposium Report: Music & Science: Practice & Convergence—an Organic Symposium

The Music & Science Symposium in Boston on April 12, 2013 was designated to merge new findings in the fields of music neuroscience, music therapy, music cognition, music technology, and music medicine. Experts in these respective fields presented four talks as well as musical performances. Dr. Psyche Loui reported recent findings in music-related neuropsychological research, followed by Dr. Concetta Tomaino, who focused on music therapy and how it can benefit from the neurosciences. Dr. Lisa Wong discussed the relationship of music and medicine as healing arts. After a musical performance with innovative electronic instruments by Dr. Richard Boulanger and colleagues, Dr. Aniruddh Patel gave a keynote lecture on core topics for future music research, with an emphasis on neurobiology. This report provides a summary of the presentations at the symposium as well as implications for the field of music science.