Sandstone Pine It’s science with strings attached

The University's new partnership with the Gold Coast Chamber Orchestra (GCCO) is bringing science and music together in perfect harmony. The GCCO was established in 2011, and in 2022 became the official `ensemble-in-residence' at Bond, with the campus hosting six performances each year.

The first of these for 2023 was an exclusive masquerade event at the University Club, featuring a rendition of Schubert's Trout Quintet.

But first Bond music expert Professor Bill Thompson highlighted the many benefits of what the poet Henry Wadsworth

Longfellow called the universal language of humankind.

“One of the interesting benefits of music is that you can hear it again and again, the same piece, and it will trigger emotions, it will trigger personal memories, it will trigger your imagination, it will be inspiring,” Professor Thompson told the audience.

“It will give you a sense of time and place. Music has no expiry date.

“Here at Bond, our team of researchers and students are mapping the many benefits of music and tracing each benefit to physiological and neurological mechanisms.”