From: "Tramo, Mark Jude"

From: "Tramo, Mark Jude" To: Sarah Curran Subject: To Ms Curran RE: Invitation to Speak at Stanford Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:57:29 +0000 Dear Sarah - Happy Holidays! 1. Would you be so kind as to confirm that my main talk on Monday Feb 8th. 2. Should I plan to meet with Professor Berger and/or others during the afternoon or evening of Sunday Feb 7th? 3. Will there be any additional activities with other departments? Please give Prof Berger my warm greetings and Happy Chanuka wishes! Best, Mark Mark Jude Tramo MD PhD Director, The Institute for Music & Brain Science www.BrainMusic.org From: Sarah Curran [ Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 6:42 PM To: Sarah Curran Cc: Tramo, Mark Jude; Jonathan Berger Subject: Re: To Ms Curran RE: Invitation to Speak at Stanford Mark - my apologies, I spoke too soon! Would February 8th work, instead? This would be ideal for us. Thanks so much, Sarah On Oct 22, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Sarah Curran wrote: > Dear Mark, > It looks like Feb 22 would be the best date for us. Let's plan on > that for the main talk and I will coordinate additional activities > with other departments. > I will be in touch with more details soon, just wanted to get that > date on your calendar. • All best, > Sarah > On Oct 20, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Tramo, Mark Jude wrote: >> Dear Sarah, PROT0 >> Thank you for your email - apologies for the delay in response >> amidst a trip to Chicago to moderate a press conference on music >> and the brain and one to NY to give a talk at Lincoln Center - >> All those dates work - the choice is Professor Berger's and the >> faculties to whom I will deliver talks. It's possible Neurobiology >> faculty as well as Neurology faculty would be interested in a talk » - though the content would differ for those two audiences (Carla >> Shatz and I are both former students of Nobel Laureate David Hubel >> at Harvard.) >> I'm greatly looking forward to my visit - please give my warm >> regards to Jonathan, whom I will Cc. » Cheers, >> Mark >> Mark Jude Tramo MD PhD >> Director, The Institute for Music & Brain Science >> Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School >> Attending Neurologist, Massachusetts General Hospital >> Steering Committee, Harvard University Mind Brain & Behavior >> Interfaculty Initiative >> Sensory Communication Group, RLE, MIT >> Songwriter Member, ASCAP >> www.BrainMusic.org >> From: Sarah Curran >> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:50 PM » To: Tramo, Mark Jude >> Subject: Re: To Ms Curran RE: Invitation to Speak at Stanford >> Dear Mark, >> I hope all is well. I just wanted to follow up and see if any of the >> dates listed below work for you to join us at Stanford. I'd love to >> get things rolling so that I can reach out to the medical school, as >> well. » Cheers, » Sarah >> On Sep 14, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Sarah Curran wrote: >>> Dear Mark, >>> Thank you for your email. >>> If you are available during the winter time, it would be ideal to >>> have you come then. We would love to have you deliver two of the >>> talks you describe below. First - the "big picture" lecture for a >>> wider Stanford audience, and then the third lecture listed (harmony >>> perception) as a guest lecturer for Jonathan's PhD seminar and >» interested neuroscientists. If you could come for a two days, we >>> could also connect to the medical school for grand rounds. Once we >>> settle on a date, we can pursue that further. PROT1 >» The dates I mentioned for winter quarter are: >>» >>» 2/1 »» 2/8 »» 2/22 »» 3/1 »» 3/8 >>> Please let me know if any of those dates work for you. >>> Best regard, >» Sarah >>> On Sep 10, 2009, at 6:28 AM, Tramo, Mark Jude wrote: >>>> Thank you for your email, Sarah - >>» >>>> Does Professor Berger have a preference re: Fall versus Winter? I >>>> ask in the context of his Music/Neuroscience course - I founded the >>>> Music Mind & Brain course at Harvard College in the mid-90's and >>>> often invited "guest professors" to lecture or lead seminar >>>> discussions on a topic overlapping her/his expertise (e.g., Howard »» Gardner on Music & Intelligence; Jamshed Bharucha on Melody »» Perception). >>» >>>> Re: Arts/Neuroscience Talk: I wonder which topic Jonathan and the >>>> faculty would like me to discuss: >>» >>>> • A "big picture" synthesis of "Functional Brain Organization in >>>> Relation to Music Cognition" that incorporates my original »» research? >>>> • A lecture focused on my and others' research on "Neurophysiology >>>> and Neuroanatomy of Pitch Perception"? >>>> • A lecture focused on my research (with some sidebars about my >>>> experience in music composition) on "Neurophysiology, Neuroanatomy, >>>> and Psychoacoustics of Harmony Perception"? >>>> The first of the above three is the least technical for non- >>>> neuroscientists and encompasses some music theory. The last >>>> addresses aspects of harmonic analysis and includes some hard-core >>>> neurobiology/neural coding. >>» >>>> I'm quite happy to accommodate whatever works best for your >>>> students, faculty, and Jonathan, including a Monday and, if you >>>> wish, a Tuesday if meetings and additional talks within and outside >>>> your Initiative. >>» >>>> If Jonathan deems it appropriate, I'd be happy to add a "Neurology >>>> of Music Cognition" talk for Neurology/Neurosurgery/Neuroscience >>» Grand Rounds at the Medical School. My former MGH Resident-cum- »» Stanford Neurology Prof, Carole Ho, and former Harvard student-cum- >>» Stanford Neuroscience PhD candidate, Jonathan Leong, may be able to >>» help with Neurology/Neuroscience contacts. Among the pros and cons >>>> of a possible affiliation with Neurology at the medical school, >>>> Jonathtan and I have discussed the relevance of access to patients >>>> with focal brain lesions and developmental disorders to advancing >>>> music neuroscience research programs within the Arts Initiaitve. >>» PROT2 Please send my warm regards and thanks I'm available via cellphone (- Saturday and Sunday if you or he might above. Tomorrow (Friday) I'm available Cheers, Mark to Jonathan - I will Cc him. from 12N - 7P PCT this like to chat about the 9:30 - 11:30A PCT. Mark Jude Tramo MD PhD Director, The Institute for MUsic & Brain Science Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital Steering Committee, Harvard University Mind Brain & Behavior Initiative Research Affiliate, Sensory Communications Group, Research Laboratory of Electornics, MIT Songwriter Member, ASCAP From: Sarah Curran Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 7:07 PM To: Tramo, Mark Jude Subject: Invitation to Speak at Stanford Dear Prof. Tramo, Greetings from Stanford. My name is Sarah Curran, I am the Arts Programmer for the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts, and work with Jonathan Berger on the Arts Initiative. Jonathan has asked me to follow up with you regarding dates for your invited talk at Stanford this coming fall or winter. Jonathan forwarded me an earlier email from you with dates for September and October. Our school year begins on September 21st, so anything in these first few weeks is a bit crazy. You also indicated that Mondays and Fridays are best. In general, in order to drive student attendance, Mondays are better. Might you be available on one of the following dates? (all are Mondays) 10/26 11/2 11/16 11/30 Or, if we look to the winter quarter , 2010, (which coincides with Jonathan's course on Neuroscience and Music): 2/1 2/8 2/22 3/1 3/8 Please let me know if any of those will work for you and we can get something on the books! All best, Sarah Curran PROT3 >>>> Sarah Curran >>>> Arts Programmer >>>> Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts >>>> Wallenberg Hall >>>> Stanford University >>>> Stanford, CA 94305-2055 >>> Sarah Curran >>> Arts Programmer >>> Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts >>> Wallenberg Hall >>> Stanford University >>> Stanford, CA 94305-2055 >>> E: >>> T: >>> F: >> Sarah Curran >> Arts Programmer >> Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts >> Wallenberg Hall >> Stanford University >> Stanford, CA 94305-2055 >> E: » T: >> F: > Sarah Curran > Arts Programmer > Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts > Wallenberg Hall > Stanford University > Stanford, CA 94305-2055 > E: > T: > F: Sarah Curran Arts Programmer Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts Wallenberg Hall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-2055 111.: F: PROT4