The Brain’s Crescendo: How Music Training Impacts Child Dev., March 23

The Annandale Lyceum Committee would like to invite faculty, staff, students, and the community to attend our in-person or Zoom, multi-disciplinary presentations. Our theme for the Spring 2022 speaker series is “The Power of Music.”

If you’re interested in seeing what you’ve missed already, please feel free to check out our first two events, “The Multi-cultural Roots of American Music” by Dr. Kevin Wright, and “In search of the Blues: Three Chords and the Truth” by Jo Matyas and Craig Jones. These recordings were produced by NOVA’s talented TV/Video services team and we thank them for their support and work in providing these recordings for the NOVA community.

Wednesday, March 23, from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. via Zoom. The Brain’s Crescendo: How Music Training Impacts Child Development,” with Dr. Assal Habibi, associate professor of psychology, at the University of Southern California’s Brain and Creativity Institute. Sign up here.

Friday, April 15 at 1 p.m. in the CE Forum. “Clan in the Front: How Wu-Tang Transcended the Rap Game to Become Cultural Icons” by author S.H. Fernando.

Thursday, April 28 at 1 p.m. over Zoom. “Physics and Music” by Professor Alex Weiss, University of Texas at Arlington. Zoom registration forthcoming.

We invite you to learn more about the Lyceum Committee’s speaker series here on our blog: https://blogs.nvcc.edu/lyceum/.There, you’ll find our latest schedule of events as well as links to additional information.

Submitted by:
Melissa Chabot, AN-Professor of Comm Studies and Theater, MChabot@nvcc.edu