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Year 30, No. 41

Celebrating 30 Years of Community News

Immaculata to Host International Conference on Music and Medicine Event features Lectures, Live Music and Poster Presentations

June 17 – June 23, 2015

“Mind Illuminated” – Art and the Brain at the Mütter Museum Greg Dunn’s first major exhibition in Philadelphia uses microetching technique to reveal new perspectives on the mind

“Cinderella” at Players Club of Swarthmore Page 6

Congratulations Graduates! Page 11

Aqua CEO Accepts Award Page 16

See Grammy award-winning pianist and Immaculata alumna Angela Falco perform Friday, July 24, at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall at Immaculata University.

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mmaculata University’s Department of Music Therapy will be cohosting the Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine’s 3rd biennial conference from July 24 - 26. The three-day event, Music Meets Medicine, features academic sessions, various concerts, research posters and a keynote address by Dr. Arthur Harvey, internationally renowned authority on research in Neuromusicology. “This is a unique opportunity for professionals, former and current students, and anyone in the community who is intrigued by the connection between music and wellness. The conference offers an exciting array of concurrent sessions that present a wide-range of interesting topics, as well as a number of invigorating concerts,” commented Lillian Eyre, Ph.D., associate professor and director of Music Therapy at Immaculata and conference co-chair. The conference, which will be led and attended by the world’s leading scholars and academics in the field of music and medicine, will provide a forum to critically engage the study of the beneficial effects of music in medicine and stimulate the exchange of ideas among leaders in the field. Academic sessions will be held in Good Counsel Hall on Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25, from 9:15 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Sunday, July 26, from 9 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. The Keynote Address, presented by Dr. Harvey, will be given on Friday, from 11:25 to 12:25 p.m. Arthur Harvey, D.M.A., has over 50 years of experience in music education, church music See International Conference on Music and Medicine at Immaculata University on page 12

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“Brainbow Hippocampus,” a microetching by Philadelphia artistscientists Greg Dunn and Brian Edwards, on display at the Mütter Museum from July 9 to December 2015. Photo/Greg Dunn

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his summer the Mütter Museum is showcasing “Mind Illuminated,” a stunning solo exhibition opening “One Liberty” by Greg Dunn. Photo/Greg Dunn

July 9, featuring the work of Philadelphia artist and neuroscientist Greg Dunn. Dunn’s paintings of neurons rendered in an Asian See “Mind Illuminated” Art and the Brain Exhibition on page 3

“Defending the Caveman” – Returns to Philadelphia July 9

tarting July 9, Philadel phia couples are sure to b e ro a r i n g w i t h laughter and sharing knowing glances while asking “Could comedy give couples therapy a run for its money?” With hilarious insight on contemporary feminism, masculine sensitivity and the erogenous zone, “Defend ing the Caveman” mines the common themes in relationships that go straight through the funny bone and into the heart. “Defending the Caveman” makes us laugh at ourselves, about all the ways that men and woman fight, laugh and love. Tickets priced at $45 - $65 are available by calling 855HIT SHOW (855-448-7469), at www.plplayhouse.com

or at the Penn’s Landing Playhouse box office. Orders for groups of 12 may be placed by calling 888-264-1788. Penn’s Landing Playhouse is located at 211 S. Columbus Blvd. (at Performing in “Defending the Caveman” since 2004, Philadelphia native Vince Valentine started his career performing at comedy clubs along the east coast. The longest running solo play in Broadway history is back for for a return engagement July 9 - August 30 at the Penn’s Landing Playhouse. Walnut St.). The theatre is inside the Independence Seaport Museum. Discounted parking See “Defending the Caveman” on page 12


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