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Event: University of Michigan Life Sciences Orchestra

*****: The Life Science Orchestra is extremely popular because classical music offers a ther*****peutic effect for both players and audiences, this affect has created an new Americ***** culture of classical ***** appreciation.

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The event that I chose to attend was the ***** Science ***** at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus. The LSO is extremely well known through campus ***** nationally, unlike other orchestras, the majority of ***** musicians do not specialize in music, but rather are volunteers drawn from the medical staff and medical students with***** the university. The concert itself ***** put on ***** benefit the opening of the new Women and Children Hospital, however ***** orchestra performs twice a year ever since its inception in *****. The LSO selected three specific pieces of music to play, the one that most interested me was Piano Concerto no. 23 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This particular concerto by Mozart is in unique even by Mozart's own estimates. It is ***** of the r***** concertos that was ***** publ*****hed until ***** death. The work was completed on March 2, 1786, *****re weeks before the completion ***** ano*****r of his masterpieces the no. 24 Concerto. He wrote in a letter to his father ***** this particular music belonged to "the compositions that I keep for myself or for a small circle ***** *****-lovers and connoisseurs, who promise not to let them out of their hands" (NOTATION). This alone makes this particular ***** ***** important, its ***** primarily for its graceful melodies and elegant structure. The ***** performed this piece extremely well, I was enthralled by the way the music ***** so uplifting and at the same time provided a divine sense ***** serenity. I thought it w*****s ***** far the best piece performed during the concert. My obvious enjoyment ***** the no. 23 Concerto was mirrored by everyone else within the audience, they too felt the fascination ***** soothing effects of this particular concerto. Classical music is a strong medium as a tradition because it a musical genre that provides a strong therapeutic effect for both audiences and musicians. ***** implicit therapy *****sociated with classical music ***** made it into a new American cultural *****.

The concept ***** music as therapy ***** a very mainstream idea, *****, very few people really understand the nuances of *****al **********. People tend to think ***** any type ***** background music will cause them to become calm and focused, receiving the ***** effects of music. Quite ***** ***** contrary Dr. Oliver Sacks, a neurologist writes that there is a strong difference between recre*****tional music and therapeutic music. He explains, "the power of music to integrate ***** cure is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest non-chemical medication" (Sacks, npg). The beauty of music in general is that music