Music and the Mind-Maritimes: Implications for Music Education and for Wellbeing
Thursday, August 13, 2026, 9:00 am to 5 pm
Bill and Denise Andrew Hall, Room 142
The members of the UPEI Music Cognition Laboratory are hosting their 6th annual Music and the Mind-Maritimes Conference. Join us for presentations, audience interaction, and music from the disciplines of psychology, music, education and health. Presenters include students, professional researchers, music educators, and health professionals, from UPEI, several other Maritime, and Ontario universities. The keynote speech by Dr. Betty-Anne Younker, former Dean of Music at Western University, will take place at 11:20.
The event is free and open to all.
For more information and to register, please visit http://music-mind-maritimes.ca. For inquiries, please contact airs@upei.ca or 902-628-4331
In conjunction with the conference, a free concert celebrating music in many styles performed by Island musicians will take place in Steel Recital Hall at 7 pm. For the concert program, see the above link.
All are welcome.