Watkinson School Presents “The Healing Power of Music”, the second event in the series Freshly Squeezed with Colin McEnroe

Watkinson School, a coed independent day school for grades 6-PG, announces the second event of the series Freshly Squeezed with Colin McEnroe.  Join us January 22, 2014 at 7pm as Mr. McEnroe moderates a discussion on the power of music to heal us physically and mentally.  

Music therapy recently came out of the shadows when it was used to help Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords recover from her gunshot wound, but the ideas behind it are older and are being used for patients with missing limbs, muscular dystrophy, brain injuries, dementia and autism. Part discussion featuring clinical research on what music can do for the body, part concert featuring the amazing music of Kate Callahan and Friends.  McEnroe has assembled an incredible evening, including musicians Kate Callahan and Jim Chapdelaine—each survivors of major medical trauma but with very different stories to tell; author Sarah Raskin, a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program at Trinity College who has published two books and numerous articles on treatment techniques for people with brain injury; and music therapist Emily Bevelaqua.

Based on the premise that everyone loves a juicy conversation and in the best tradition of Connecticut conversation, Freshly Squeezed with Colin McEnroe is a series of nimble, participatory and personal events hosted by Colin McEnroe. All of the profit from ticket sales benefits the education programs of three shining Hartford institutions: Billings Forge, Hartford Stage and the Mark Twain House. The series is generously sponsored by Fiduciary Investment Advisors.

Tickets are $15 each.   Purchase both this event and the April 9th forum, The Lost Innocence of Sports, and receive a complimentary pre-show light meal on Watkinson’s campus prepared by Chef Jon Birney.  Purchase tickets at brownpapertickets.com (search Watkinson School) or by calling 800-838-3006.  All events are held in the Foisie Amphitheater at Watkinson School.  Seating is very limited and general admission, so order today.