Making Music with Opera Star Renée Fleming
Posted on by Dr. Francis Collins
What an honor it was to perform these two songs with world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming , who presented the J. Edward Rall Cultural Lecture at NIH on May 13, 2019. I served as the lecture moderator, and we discussed the creative process, the intersections of music and science, and the Sound Health initiative, which is a partnership between NIH and the Kennedy Center. Credit: NIH
Superb performance.
https://www.nih.gov/research-training/medical-research-initiatives/sound-health
https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2019/05/15/making-music-with-opera-star-renee-fleming/
The NIH doesn’t even know: “can [music] improve your health?” Yet…?
Looks like (next to?) no actual research for now recruiting pursuant to the “plan.”
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=&term=music&cntry=US&state=US%3AMD&city=&dist=
So funds expended on “workshop,” lecture, the NIH Director playing songs, absent any NIH investigation? A workshop including “music therapists” despite not knowing whether their profession helps anyone?
I spot nothing acknowledging–much less impacting research–that “music” hardly a monolith: that “music” can vary enormously. Why not?