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Photos

  • A collage of attendees and speakers participating in the December 14-15, 2024 Music as Medicine event. Panelists seated at a table; Dr. Francis Collins and Ms. Renee Fleming listen and clap from the audience; participants stand and clap; a musician perfor
  • Dr. Francis Collins joined soprano Renee Fleming and Charles Limb, M.D.
    On September 12, 2019, Sound Health was a featured panel during the REACH Opening Festival at the Kennedy Center. ÈýÒÚÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Director Dr. Francis Collins joined soprano Renee Fleming and Charles Limb, M.D., the Francis A. Sooy Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at University of California, San Francisco.

    Renate Myles

  • Soprano and Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor at Large Renée Fleming, CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and ÈýÒÚÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Director Dr. Francis Collins

    Soprano and Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor at Large Renée Fleming, CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and ÈýÒÚÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Director Dr. Francis Collins at the second Sound Health Music and the Mind event on September 7, 2018.

    Jati Lindsay

  • ÈýÒÚÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Director Dr. Francis Collins and Renée Fleming

    ÈýÒÚÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Director Dr. Francis Collins and renowned soprano Renée Fleming perform on stage at the Kennedy Center for Sound Health’s Music and the Mind.

    Scott Suchman

  • ÈýÒÚÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Director Dr. Francis Collins, Jussie Smollett (Empire), Ben Folds, Renée Fleming, and the National Symphony Orchestra perform at the Kennedy Center

    The Kennedy Center, National Institutes of Health, ÈýÒÚÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Director Dr. Francis Collins, acclaimed singer-songwriter-actor Jussie Smollett (Empire), multifaceted singer-songwriter-composer and NSO Artistic Advisor Ben Folds, renowned soprano and Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor at Large Renée Fleming, and the National Symphony Orchestra take you on a fascinating journey to uncover mysteries about the human brain and its connection to music during Sound Health’s Music and the Mind event on June 2, 2017.

    Scott Suchman

  • Jussie Smollett performs at the Kennedy Center

    Acclaimed singer-songwriter-actor Jussie Smollett performs at the Kennedy Center during Sound Health’s Music and the Mind event on June 2, 2017.

    Scott Suchman

  • Ben Folds performs at the Kennedy Center

    Ben Folds performs with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.

Videos

  • The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, National Institutes of Health (ÈýÒÚÌåÓý¹ÙÍø), Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director; and renowned soprano and Kennedy Center Artistic Advisor at Large Renée Fleming have launched a partnership, entitled Sound Health, designed to explore the connections between music, health, and wellness.

  • The National Institutes of Health studies the mind of one of the world's greatest singers, Renée Fleming. ÈýÒÚÌåÓý¹ÙÍø Director Francis Collins speaks to the ongoing efforts to better understand the processes and impact of music in the brain.

  • Ben Folds composes a song live for orchestra in only 10 minutes.

Audio

  • Listen to Dr. Collins and Renée Fleming on NPR All Things Considered — The Soprano And The Scientist: A Conversation About Music And Medicine.

    Shelby Knowles/NPR

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