33 episodes

Cadence is a podcast about music: how it affects your brain, your life, and the community in which you live. Join our host, cognitive neuroscientist and classically trained opera singer Indre Viskontas while we talk to scientists, musicians, musicologists, and composers to find answers to some of the biggest questions still surrounding the intersection of music and science. How much can we learn about the mind with music as the lens?

Cadence Podcast: What Music Tells us About the Mind Indre Viskontas

    • Social Sciences

Cadence is a podcast about music: how it affects your brain, your life, and the community in which you live. Join our host, cognitive neuroscientist and classically trained opera singer Indre Viskontas while we talk to scientists, musicians, musicologists, and composers to find answers to some of the biggest questions still surrounding the intersection of music and science. How much can we learn about the mind with music as the lens?

    • video
    S04 Episode 08: Connie Tomaino on Music Therapy and Trauma

    S04 Episode 08: Connie Tomaino on Music Therapy and Trauma

    In a special series within season 4, Indre speaks with Connie Tomaino, executive director and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurological Function (IMNF). This episode, Connie talks about how music therapy can benefit patients who have experienced trauma both as an adult and in early childhood.

    Cadence is the podcast where we talk about what music can tell us about the mind. Hosted by neuroscientist and musician, Dr. Indre Viskontas, the fourth season will bring you the stories of people who experience music outside the bounds of the average listener, and who use music as a tool to be heard in a society in which they are often ignored.

    • 18 min
    • video
    S04 Episode 07: Normalizing Tourette Syndrome in the Music World

    S04 Episode 07: Normalizing Tourette Syndrome in the Music World

    Ethan Castro is back to talk about his experience with Tourette Syndrome and how it has shaped his path as a musician. We also hear from world-renowned jazz pianist Michael Wolff about navigating Tourette Syndrome throughout his long and storied career.

    Cadence is the podcast where we talk about what music can tell us about the mind. Hosted by neuroscientist and musician, Dr. Indre Viskontas, the fourth season will bring you the stories of people who experience music outside the bounds of the average listener, and who use music as a tool to be heard in a society in which they are often ignored.

    • 36 min
    • video
    S04 Episode 06: Connie Tomaino on Music Therapy for Stroke and Aphasia Pateints

    S04 Episode 06: Connie Tomaino on Music Therapy for Stroke and Aphasia Pateints

    In a special series within season 4, Indre speaks with Connie Tomaino, executive director and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurological Function (IMNF). This episode, Connie talks about how music therapy can benefit patients who have had a stroke and/or suffer from aphasia.

    Cadence is the podcast where we talk about what music can tell us about the mind. Hosted by neuroscientist and musician, Dr. Indre Viskontas, the fourth season will bring you the stories of people who experience music outside the bounds of the average listener, and who use music as a tool to be heard in a society in which they are often ignored.

    • 24 min
    • video
    S04 Episode 05: Hearing Loss and Reshaping the Sonic Landscape

    S04 Episode 05: Hearing Loss and Reshaping the Sonic Landscape

    Dr. Ethan Castro and Dame Evelyn Glennie, both hearing impaired percussionists, talk through building successful careers as performers and composers not just despite their hearing challenges but in service of them, and reshaping the music landscape for others in the process.

    Cadence is the podcast where we talk about what music can tell us about the mind. Hosted by neuroscientist and musician, Dr. Indre Viskontas, the fourth season will bring you the stories of people who experience music outside the bounds of the average listener, and who use music as a tool to be heard in a society in which they are often ignored.

    • 43 min
    • video
    S04 Episode 04: Connie Tomaino on Music Therapy and Dementia

    S04 Episode 04: Connie Tomaino on Music Therapy and Dementia

    In a special series within season 4, Indre speaks with Connie Tomaino, executive director and co-founder of the Institute for Music and Neurological Function (IMNF). This episode, Connie talks about how music therapy can benefit patients with dementia.

    Cadence is the podcast where we talk about what music can tell us about the mind. Hosted by neuroscientist and musician, Dr. Indre Viskontas, the fourth season will bring you the stories of people who experience music outside the bounds of the average listener, and who use music as a tool to be heard in a society in which they are often ignored.

    • 24 min
    • video
    S04 Episode 03: Neurodiversity in the Orchestral World

    S04 Episode 03: Neurodiversity in the Orchestral World

    There are many neurodiverse musicians working professionally in the classical music world, but are orchestras and universities doing enough to make auditioning and playing in an orchestra accessible? Two musicians with autism, Emelyne Bingham and Ryan Fox, as well as conductor Edwin Outwater, share their thoughts.

    Cadence is the podcast where we talk about what music can tell us about the mind. Hosted by neuroscientist and musician Dr. Indre Viskontas, the fourth season will bring you the stories of people who experience music outside the bounds of the average listener, and who use music as a tool to be heard in a society in which they are often ignored.

    • 41 min

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