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Upstate event to highlight healing role of music Aug. 13

 

SYRACUSE, N.Y.- Upstate Medical University will present "Keys for Cancer," an evening of musical performance and insight into the healing role of music in medicine, Saturday, Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. at Hendricks Chapel on the Syracuse University campus. Proceeds from the event will benefit Upstate programs and services.

"Keys for Cancer is the inaugural event of the Upstate Music and Medicine Initiative," said Chethan Sarabu, president of Anastomosis, the sponsor of the performance. Anastomosis is an Upstate Medical University student group that organizes cross-disciplinary conversations and events about healthcare in a broader setting. "The initiative's goals include expanding our music therapy program that benefits patients at Upstate University Hospital and engages the community in the role that music can play in healing."

Scheduled performers include classical pianist and native Central New Yorker Michael James Battle; the Upstate Vocal Club; and other members of the Upstate Medical University community.

Presenters are physician, musician and author Nimesh Nagarsheth, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive science at Mount Sinai Medical Center; and music therapist Joanne Loewy, M.T.-B.C., director of the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center.

Students are admitted free with valid identification. General admission tickets are $20 (ages 12 and under free), with reserved premium seating available for $50.

To order tickets online or to download a ticket form, go to: www.foundationforupstate.org/keysforcancer.

For more information visit, http://www.facebook.com/keysforcancer

 

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