Melody of the Mind
About The Study
A conservatory as home for cognitive neuroscience research
We have the pleasure of conducting this study at NEC's Pierce Hall and with conservatory student participants! Two violinists will perform four excerpts for each audience member. Twenty participants will listen to the excerpts performed live and recorded at Pierce Hall while their brain is recorded with an EEG device. The device helps us scan brainwaves in real time. Each participant will spend about an hour total (including EEG setup and listening). Our goal is to gain insight into how live classical performance transforms our brain.
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Meet the Performer!
We are extremely happy to showcase a wonderful NEC violinist as part of our study!
Joshua Brown
Following his debut performance with the Cleveland Orchestra at the age of fifteen, Joshua Brown has gone on to perform with dozens of orchestras both here and abroad, continually garnering praise from critics. In 2019, Joshua won the Tenth International Violin Competition of Leopold Mozart in Augsburg, Germany. He currently studies with Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory of Music.
Joshua is grateful to be playing an outstanding Nicolo Amati violin from Cremona, circa 1635-1640, on extended loan through the generosity of the Mary B. Galvin Foundation and the efforts of the Stradivari Society, a division of Bein & Fushi, Inc.