By LILY TINOCO | Assistant Editor
Pacific Palisades Library Association invites the community to its upcoming program, “Music and the Mind,” featuring Palisadian Dr. Patrick Whelan on Thursday, May 16, beginning at 6 p.m. at Palisades Branch Library.
The program will be centered around composer Leonard Bernstein’s question: What is the meaning of music and why do we enjoy it?
“Fifty years ago, Leonard Bernstein presented six seminal lectures at Harvard entitled ‘The Unanswered Question,’ which helped make complex musical concepts understandable for music lovers,” according to a statement about the event. “Dr. Patrick Whelan takes Bernstein’s inquiry several steps further, exploring the evolutionary origins of our musicality, the relationship between music and speech, and the unique emotional impact of music.”
According to the program, the subject has important implications for understanding the capacity for musical memory, and alterations in music perception experienced by individuals suffering from conditions, including autism, stroke and dementia.
The event will take place at Palisades Branch Library in the Community Room, located at 861 Alma Real Drive.
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