Remember last year’s Mozart & the Mind Event? Music at OTA
It’s on again tomorrow! with Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead…
6:00 PM – FREE OPEN-AIR PERFORMANCE
MICKEY HART with DR. ADAM GAZZALEY
Rhythm and the Brain
Rhythm is a dominant feature of the Universe, originating with the Big Bang. It is everywhere, and is observable at every level; from the vibrations of atoms to the movement of the galaxies. Mickey Hart, Percussionist from the Grateful Dead, and Dr. Adam Gazzaley, UCSF Neuroscientist and Neurologist will take us on a fascinating tour of rhythm
Adam Gazzaley and its role in life and the very functioning of our brains.
The presentation will conclude with a unique interactive performance combining cutting-edge technology, immersive 3D visualization, and interactive rhythm-making. Mickey will lead us on a musical journey into the virtual-reality world of NeuroDrummer, which combines live rhythm and cognitive brain training with interactive Grateful Dead-inspired art and electronic music beats inspired by Mickey’s own brain rhythms. Simultaneously, we will travel through The Glass Brain, an immersive 3D visualization of Mickey’s brain, visualizing his neural rhythms and synchronization, in real-time, using state of the art brain activity mapping. While spectacular, this is no spectator event – hundreds of audience members will be provided percussion instruments and invited to join Mickey and friends in the NeuroDrummer groove, as together we create a truly unique Rhythm Experience!
About the Artists: Mickey Hart is a Grammy-award winning percussionist and ethnomusicologist, scholar and author, former drummer of the Grateful Dead and currently leader of the Mickey Hart Band. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Mickey’s career has embodied his role as a rhythmist. He is a Trustee of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and on the Board of Directors of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function. [Read More]
Adam Gazzaley M.D., Ph.D is founding director of the Neuroscience Imaging Center, an Associate Professor in Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, and Principal Investigator of a cognitive neuroscience laboratory that studies neural mechanisms of perception, attention and memory. His most recent studies explore how we may enhance our cognitive abilities, and/or prevent them from declining. [Read More]