Sleep & Dreams: Music, Neuroscience & Stories of Slumber
Tuesday, October 18th, 2022 6-7:30pm PT
Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall
San Francisco
Sleep is an essential part of the human experience. When sleep is compromised, the body and mind suffer. When it flows, we feel refreshed and clear. Sleep even builds new neural pathways. With sleep comes a rich landscape of dreams that enlighten, frighten, and delve into the bizarre, all swirling in our subconscious. Sleep and dreams come alive in music, art, and storytelling—from lullabies to visual masterpieces to personal accounts of epiphanies.
The Nocturnists is thrilled to join the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the UCSF Department of Neurology’s Memory and Aging Center and Global Brain Health Institute in presenting a multi-disciplinary performance evening exploring sleep and dreams through storytelling, neuroscience, music, and art.
The show is now sold out, but you can add your name to the waitlist for in-person tickets and/or register to attend via the live stream.
Thank you to The Nocturnists Story Sponsor, CareerMD.
This event is also made possible through the support of the host groups and their contributors.
Presenters
Emcee: Emily Silverman, Creator & Host of The Nocturnists, Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and 2020 Hellman Artist-in-Residence at UCSF Memory and Aging Center.
With David Stull, President, SFCM & Bruce Miller, Professor of Neurology; Director, UCSF Memory and Aging Center; Co-Director, GBHI
Stories from Science
Liza Ashbrook, Associate Professor of Neurology, UCSF
Lea Grinberg, Professor of Neurology, UCSF
Kamalini Ranasinghe, Assistant Professor of Neurology, UCSF
Stories from Music & Art
Taurin Barrera, Executive Director, Technology and Applied Composition; Studio Director, SFCM
Nikolaus Hohmann, Chair, Humanities and Sciences, SFCM
Luis Martinez, Neurologist, Visual Artist, Global Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at GBHI
Stories from Medicine
Emily Silverman, Creator & Host, The Nocturnists; Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Oak Sonfist, 2022-2023 Education and Advocacy Fellow, AMSA
COVID Protocol: All in-person attendees should be prepared to present proof of vaccination and their ID. Masking will be required in the SFCM building and during the program. Read more guidance from SFCM.
Additional Resources
Below are some of our favorite episodes from The Nocturnists podcast which relate to the themes of sleep, dreams, music, and the brain. You might also check out Virginia Quarterly Review featuring a selection of "COVID Dreams" from our Stories from a Pandemic audio diarists.
