Does Music Make You Smarter?

The Ashland University Department of Music will be hosting special guest Laura A. Stambaugh, Ph.D., whose scholarship bridges learning music and brain research, for a two-day residency on Thursday, Feb. 19, and Friday, Feb. 20. Stambaugh will lead four sessions, highlighted by a Thursday night presentation, “Does Music Make You Smarter?” at 7 p.m. All sessions are free and open to the public and will take place in room 242 of the Center for the Arts.

During the day on Thursday, Stambaugh will instruct classes on “The Myth of Music Memory” from 10:50 a.m.-12:05 p.m., and “Music and the Brain for Musicians” from 1:40-2:55 p.m. Friday’s classroom session, titled “Music, Well-being, and the Brain,” is 11-11:50 a.m.

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