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This event is open to all at no charge. RSVP to HumanitiesAZ@mayo.edu or register for online attendance below.
Join the Center for Humanities in Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Arizona for an evening exploring the power of music to communicate patient stories.
Composer Tobias Picker and librettist Aryeh Lev Stollman will discuss their recent world premiere operas: Awakenings, based on the book of the same name by Oliver Sacks, and Lili Elbe, telling the story of one of the first persons to undergo gender affirmation surgery.
Picker, a Grammy Award winning composer, has written works commissioned and performed by The Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, among others. Stollman, a Lambda Award winning author, is a writer and neuroradiologist and body imager at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
Thursday, December 14th, 2023 | 4:30pm Reception | 5:30pm Program
Juanita Kious Waugh Auditorium, Franke Education Center, Phoenix Campus
5777 E. Mayo Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85054
Zoom option available: click here to register.
Made possible with generous support from Lee E. and Susan G. Berk
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