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Sound Principles: The Varieties of Musical Experience
![Reconnecting to the Arts–Reconnecting to Each Other](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/cd2bccc1-92f8-4d67-a115-a63ef5b6e8ea/52184057363_4c861e062f_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=172%2C0%2C3677%2C5504&w=400)
There’s nothing like the communal practice of experiencing art — be it a play, opera, ballet, concert, or museum visit. The in-person exchange among artists and between artist...
![Citizenship and the Beginner’s Mind: How to Imagine Our Way Forward](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e21ff0c4-e793-4e94-812d-51bfbc6c5323/AdobeStock_268996719.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C688%2C8256%2C4644&w=400)
In this creative session, global citizen-artist Yo-Yo Ma shares ideas with Eric Liu of Citizen University and the Aspen Institute for how to reimagine our lives and responsibi...
![Listen Up: Musicians Talk about Healing](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/abeb396a-b7e1-4cd0-9e36-71a266f33042/JASimage.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=32%2C0%2C1119%2C630&w=400)
No one knows the restorative power of music better than the musicians who make it (although brain scientists keep learning more). In collaboration with Jazz Aspen Snowmass, we...
![Musical Genius and Mental Illness: What’s the Link?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc5e619cc-2342-471f-a88e-8bbb602ed0eb/48109306613_ef8d6f9915_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C318%2C4000%2C2249&w=400)
Research supports the idea that creatives of all types are over-represented in the population dealing with mood disorders and other psychiatric challenges. Certainly some of t...
![Getting the Chills: Evolutionary Clues to Music that Moves](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/1b8c48d0-380a-40ff-a8f3-51ec7e1d42e0/42255616735_5f0b944068_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=1340%2C0%2C1364%2C2044&w=400)
Music exists in every human culture and drives a multibillion-dollar industry, and yet the vast majority of people who enjoy music do instinctively, without any formal trainin...
![The Ghost in the Song: Songwriting as Discovery](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/bc2d7c0d-c488-450b-b2c4-472efe0f7641/43114728451_9cc7f1a71e_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C31%2C6720%2C3782&w=400)
Song is an artform that is memorialized in a moment, draws on threads from the past, and grows in power as its message resonates through the future. Join Joe Henry — singer, s...
![Deep Dive: The Genius of Soul](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/531d3af2-4382-43ab-971b-570f6c583078/28246339847_c4b3531c59_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C498%2C5976%2C3362&w=400)
Born out of gospel, R&B, and jazz in late 1950s America, soul has permeated music culture so thoroughly that its influence can be heard everywhere from modern country musi...
![The Symphony and the Street: Empowering Communities Through the Arts](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/cbec2e5a-d324-4d30-8563-0b0aa535e5be/42189016515_38cabed295_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C6720%2C3780&w=400)
What possibilities unfurl when a symphony reaches Skid Row? How does music create healing on a street corner? Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist Vijay Gupta and internationall...
![Hip-Hop Collision: Music, Race, and the Law](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/22b0cd9c-8b2f-41c4-a1ea-318aa4711f7a/42191195245_929605d1b6_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C542%2C6720%2C3782&w=400)
Atlanta-based defense attorney and #BillionDollarLawyer Drew Findling discusses the intersection of criminal justice, race, and hip-hop. These issues, common themes in hip-hop...