That includes Keynote Session by
Bestselling Creator and Neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, Ph.D.
NAPA, Calif. (Could 20, 2025) – Competition Napa Valley expands its Summer season Season programming with the debut of a Music & Wellness Symposium. This one-day gathering explores the transformative impression of music on well being and wellbeing. On Sunday, July 6, from 10:30 am – 4 pm at CIA at Copia in Napa, the symposium brings collectively leaders in neuroscience, music remedy, and the performing arts to discover music’s function in mind well being, senior care, and youth psychological well being.
“Music’s profound impact on how we dwell, age, and heal is changing into more and more understood and documented by science,” mentioned Competition Vice President of Schooling & Group, Lissa Gibbs. “Our Music & Wellness Symposium is a pure extension of the Competition’s longstanding dedication to complement lives and help a wholesome, thriving neighborhood by way of the humanities and schooling.”
The day’s keynote handle can be given by Dr. Daniel J. Levitin, an internationally acclaimed neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, musician, and New York Instances bestselling creator of That is Your Mind on Music, I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Drugs, The Organized Mind, and Profitable Growing older.
The day begins with a Competition Dwell! live performance that includes college students and school from the Frost College at Competition Napa Valley’s Blackburn Music Academy, adopted by interactive shows and panel discussions led by Dr. Shannon de l’Etoile (College of Miami), Dr. Courtney Chiarella (Kaiser Permanente Napa), Jeni Olsen (Mentis Napa), and Dr. Alexander Kahn (Sonoma State College), creator of Caring for the Entire Musician. Highlights embrace a workshop on music and mindfulness for stress discount and case examine shows on music remedy finest practices in medical and community-based settings.
Symposium registration is $50 and contains full entry to all classes, in addition to a complimentary ticket to the 4:30 pm screening of Ennio, a documentary chronicling the profession of legendary composer Ennio Morricone, who benefited from a life filled with music and music making till the age of 93.
Lunch from CIA at Copia is obtainable by pre-order till July 1 for an extra $35. The whole occasion schedule can be shared with registered individuals on June 1.
The Music & Wellness Symposium is a part of Competition Napa Valley’s Summer season Season, July 5-20, 2025. The Competition presents applications for each style and finances at venues all through Napa Valley. Daytime concert events are free. A brand new Select Your Value ticketing mannequin for choose concert events permits attendees to decide on a value that matches their private budgets, furthering the Competition’s mission to make the humanities accessible to all. Vintner’s Luncheons and Patron Dinners are held at main wineries and estates as a part of the Patron Expertise.
To register for the Music & Wellness Symposium, buy tickets to Competition Napa Valley occasions, or for extra info, go to www.festivalnapavalley.org.
About Competition Napa Valley
Competition Napa Valley champions the extraordinary energy of music to complement the human expertise and create a thriving, wholesome, and engaged neighborhood.
Competition Napa Valley’s 2025 Summer season Season presenting sponsor is J.P. Morgan. Premier sponsors are Audi Napa Valley, Bouchaine Vineyards, Kaiser Permanente, Opus One, Pomellato, and The Meritage Resort and Spa. Efficiency companions embrace Charles Krug, Clair International, Frost College at Competition Napa Valley, Meyer Sound, Napa Valley School, and The Culinary Institute of America at Copia.
The Frost College at Competition Napa Valley is a multiyear partnership with the College of Miami, that includes The Frost College of Music school and college students taking part in a lead function within the Competition’s university-level instructional, chamber music, and orchestral music programming.
