18th Annual NeuroMusic Keynote Lecture and Concert with Hamilton All Star Jazz Band

In Memory of Carl Turkstra

incite Foundation for the Arts Presents

LIVELab Hybrid Concert Series 2022-2023

18th Annual NeuroMusic Keynote Lecture and Concert

Developmental Disorders and Music

Rhythm and Music in Early Social Interactions

in Children with and without Autism 

Featured Speaker: Dr. Miriam Lense

Director of Music Cognition Lab, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Featuring musical performance by the

Hamilton All Star Jazz Band

In-person and LIVEStreamed from the LIVELab

Saturday, November 19th, 2022

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET

Doors open at 7:30 PM

 TICKETS 

In-person General Admission: $30

(Note: Conference Discount Code applies to General Admission Only)

In-person Student Admission: $10

LIVEStream: Free (register to receive link)

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Dr. Miriam Lense

Dr. Lense received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Vanderbilt University in 2014. She completed her clinical internship and postdoctoral training at the Marcus Autism Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine. Her research and clinical work focuses on infants, children, and adults with or at-risk for developmental disabilities, with a particular emphasis on autism spectrum disorder and Williams syndrome. She has developed two novel lines of research examining individual differences in social-emotional and cognitive processes in these populations including (1) auditory neuroscience/music cognition as a window into affective, social, and cognitive processes; and (2) stress biology in individuals with or at-risk for neurodevelopmental disorders. Her current research examines the development of rhythmic entrainment in the first years of life, relationships between rhythm and social communication/engagement, musical engagement experiences in individuals with and without developmental disorders, and relationships between music and sensory processing.

Hamilton All Star Jazz Band

Formed in 1984 by lifelong Hamilton resident Dr. Russ Weil, the HASJB has developed into one of the premier amateur big band organizations in Canada. The HASJB has an impressive record, having been twice named the most outstanding band in its class in Canada. It is the recipient of 10 consecutive regional gold awards, 3 national gold awards, an award of excellence at the Clark Terry Jazz Festival at the University of New Hampshire, 3 awards of excellence at the Tri-C Jazz Festival in Cleveland, Ohio and standing invitations to many of the world’s great jazz festivals.

In 1995, 2000, 2003, 2007, and 2012 the band performed at the world-famous Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, an event that has over the years, been graced by the greatest names in jazz. The band has played ten concerts in Montreux and has made appearances at jazz festivals in Vienne, Avignon, Juan-les-Pins, Aix les-Bains, Aix-en-Provence and Reims in France along with Freiburg in Germany, SanRemo in Italy and additional concerts in Brienz, Switzerland. Special appearances came at the request of the Federal Minister for Canadian Heritage and the Canadian Ambassador to France to promote Canadian culture by performing an all-Canadian program in 2000 and 2003 at the Canadian Embassy in Paris and again at the Ambassador’s home for a private diplomatic function to celebrate Canada Day 2000.

In 2003 and 2012, the tour included a special concert for the Juno Beach Memorial to Canadian Veterans in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France, with a program featuring the music of WWII. In 2007, the HASJB was the headline act in Ste. Die-de-Vosges, France for the 400th anniversary of the naming of the Americas by the scholars of Ste. Die.

During the organization’s history, they have concentrated on music of the “big bands” with special attention to the masters – Duke Ellington and Count Basie and the wonderful music of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday to name but a few. The All Stars often perform ‘tribute’ concerts to sold-out audiences, where they focus on the repertoire or style of a particular jazz great. The All Star Jazz Band has been featured many times at major theatres in Hamilton and has played to enthusiastic audiences at some of the great jazz venues in Toronto including “Ontario Place”, the “Montreal Bistro” and the “Rex Hotel Jazz Club”. In addition to performing with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra on two occasions, the HASJB has released 9 CDs to date, featuring some of the greatest names in jazz, who have “guested” over the years. They include Phil Nimmons, Pat LaBarbera, Rob McConnell, Rick Wilkins, Kenny Wheeler, Guido Basso, Alex Dean, Mike Malone and David Braid – an “all-Canadian” line-up.

This concert will be livestreamed and video recorded

 This event is generously supported by incite Foundation for the Arts,
McMaster University Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour,
Faculty of Science, Department of Psychology, Gerr Audio, and Marsales Real Estate