Every Brain Needs (Love) Music

We live in a music city whose residents tout the benefits of a loving community. Journey with PCO favorite, neuroscientist and author Larry Sherman in this multimedia presentation to discover the science behind what Portlanders know intuitively: that there are beneficial changes in the brain when it encounters music – especially love music. Soloists Naomi LaViolette, Marilyn Keller, and James Edmund Greeley join the PCO to highlight Sherman’s presentation of science and visual art that explores how our brains create, learn, perform and listen to music, and how love songs influence the brains of lovers young and old.age-old concepts, sonically reflecting our city’s take on the new and the old.

Raul Gomez-Rajas, Conductor
Larry Sherman, Speaker