Susan Rogers, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Berklee College of Music, is attempting to unpack the science behind people’s love for music.
Three events are set to take place over the next month, presented by Brock’s Faculty of Math and Science and the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.
The largest event, a talk by Rogers called The Music of Listening, will take place downtown at the First Ontario Performing Arts Centre from 7 p.m to 9:30 p.m on Oct. 24th.
In the talk, Rogers will share her knowledge of the neuroscience behind listening to music and some experiences from her time as an accomplished sound engineer. Rogers plans on discussing the seven dimensions of music listening and unpacking the subject of how people’s brains develop while listening to music.
Rogers hopes that people will come away from the program knowing more about their listener profile (the type of music they like) and be able to better describe their musical taste.
The event will also feature Larry Edoff, a Grammy nominee, producer, composer and pianist playing a medley of Prince songs. Included in the medley are some that Rogers worked on herself when she worked with the icon earlier in her career.
The event is pay what you can (with a suggested price of $20) and Rogers will also be giving free lectures to the Brock community the day before.
The other lectures in this series include the Neuroaesthetics of Music Perception lecture, which will take place on Monday, Oct. 23rd from 10 to 11 a.m in Plaza 600F. A second lecture, Music and Neuroscience, will take place on the same day from 4:30 to 6 p.m at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Recital Hall. This lecture comes as a part of a series hosted by the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts. Both lectures are free and all students and staff at Brock are welcome.