How and why : experts explain the basic science connecting arts and health, including origins in evolution. Musicality, evolution, and animal responses to music / Ani Patel -- What does it mean to be musical / Dan Levitin -- The parting glass / Richard Powers -- Sound connects us / Nina Kraus -- How music shows us what it means to be human / Rhiannon Giddens -- The medical muse : health professionals and artists share impacts of the arts in hospitals and clinical settings. Sounding joy / Christopher Bailey -- Can singing touch the heart? / Jacquelyn Kulinski -- Rabbit hole / Rosanne Cash -- Music for chronic pain management / Joke Bradt -- Music across the continuum of care: a hospital setting / J. Todd Frazier -- "I Sing the Body Electric": Music psychotherapy in medicine / Joanne Loewy -- Health in the spotlight : artists and leading presenters discuss key health and community initiatives. How to fall in love with opera / Ann Patchett -- Arts for non-arts outcomes / Deborah Rutter -- Our symphony orchestra : the people's band and a symbol of civilization / Ben Folds -- Arts for non-arts outcomes / Sarah Johnson -- Sing, dance, and play! / Mark Morris -- Dance and Parkinson's: finding humanity through a musical roadmap / David Leventhal -- Creative learning : educators and researchers illuminate the effects of arts engagement on the developing brain. Humans are musical creatures : the case for music education / Indre Viskontas -- State of the art: national statistsics on music in America's schools / Ken Elpus -- Rhythm & rhyme: supporting young children and families with musical play / Miriam Lense and Sara Beck -- Healing arts / Anna Deavere Smith -- Play on Philly / Stanford Thompson -- Building belonging through music : the art of investing in our children's future / Francisco Nuñez -- Music as therapy : practitioners and performers relay first-hand experiences of therapeutic music interventions. Music and mysticism / Zakir Hussain -- Healing note by note / Tom Sweitzer -- The potential of group singing to promote health and well-being / Julene Johnson -- Sing your way home : how music therapy taught me to trust the journey / Stacie Aamon Yedell -- ... & the field : re-membering the Hinterlands in music & health / Esperanza Spalding & Marisol Norris -- Music and memory: exploring the power of music to reach those with dementia and other neurologial conditions / Connie Tomaino -- My voice, my song : music as a form of self-expression in cancer treatment / Sheri Robb and Jefri Franks -- Achieving body, mind, and soul: harmony with multiple sclerosis / Courtney Platt -- Science : a deeper dive : scientists reveal their research methodology and compelling results. Arts-based therapies in integrative health / Emmeline Edwards, Wen Chen, Catherine Law, Mark Pitcher, and Helene M. Langevin -- Music, memory, aging and science / Coryse St. Hillaire-Clarke, Lisa Onken, and David Frankowski -- Art therapy, psychology, and neuroscience: a timely convergence / Anjan Chatterjee and Juliet King -- Coda and crescendo: how neuroscience created neurologic music therapy to help heal the injured brain / Michael Thaut -- Musical enjoyment and the reward circuits of the brain / Robert Zatorre -- The benefits of musical engamement across the life span: education, health, and well-being / Antonio Damasio, Hanna Damasio, Assal Habibi, and Beatriz Ilari -- The road ahead : integrated approaches to arts, technology, community, and health for the future. Nature, culture, and healing / Yo-Yo Ma -- Composing the future of health / Tod Machover, Rébecca Kleinberger, and Alexandra Rieger -- Porous density / Liz Diller -- Blueprint for cultivating the field of neuroarts / Susan Magsamen and Ruth Katz.