Saturday, February 22
10 AM William Beeman - Music and Altered Cognitive States
11 AM Bissera Pentcheva - The In-Between (Metaxu): Cosmic Sound, Sacred Space, and Human Consciousness in Hagia Sophia
12 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Piano music by Olivier Messiaen, Kevin Chen and Ian Zalles
1:30 PM Petr Janata - In Search of neural correlates of spiritual experiences with music
2:30 PM Norman Adler and Harry Ballan - Music, Models, and the Neural Mind: Approaching a Modern Synthesis?
3:30 PM Cliford Saron - Training the mind, opening the heart
4:30 PM Tanya Luhrmann - Transcendence is Local
5:30 PM Ricardo Rosenkranz - Mastering two worlds: The architecture of belief in magic and medicine.
6:15 PM Dinner break
7:30: PM Concert: Music from Tibet (8PM Bing Concert Hall) (tickets required)
Sunday, February 23 - Special workshop!
10 AM - 12 Tuning your instrument: The Budha, the Brain, and Bach
12 PM - 1 Magical performance: Emanations: An hour of belief and possibilities. Ricardo Rosenkranz
Festive Lunch 1-2PM