Institute for Music and Neurological Function - Music Has Power Awards - Announces This Year's Honorees
Joseph LeDoux | André DeShields
Joseph LeDoux is the Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science at NYU in the Center for Neural Science, and he is the director of the Emotional Brain Institute at NYU. He also a Professor of Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical School. His work is focused on the brain mechanisms of memory and emotion and he is the author of The Emotional Brain, Synaptic Self, and Anxious. His book Anxious received the 2016 William James Book Award from the American Psychological Association. LeDoux is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is also the lead singer and songwriter in the rock band, The Amygdaloids and performs with Colin Dempsey as the acoustic duo So We Are.
André Robin De Shields is an actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, and Tony Award.
De Shields has appeared in the original broadway casts of multiple musicals, including The Full Monty, Warp! and The Wiz, most recently and notably originating the role of Hermes on Broadway in the musical Hadestown, winning the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for his performance. He has also appeared on television, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for his performance in the 1982 NBC broadcast of Ain't Misbehavin'.
The Institute for Music and Neurological Function (IMNF.ORG) Music Has Power ® Awards will take place on November 20 in New York City. I’m hoping that you will join me. I’m on the Board of Directors of the Institute so for me, the annual event is an evening of glorious music, in support of a nonprofit I deeply believe in. This is the signature event of the Institute and it’s always a very special evening.
And for you? I think you will love being among music lovers, neuroscientists, healthcare leaders and caregivers who are focused on the Institute’s mission:
For more than 25 years the Institute, through research and groundbreaking clinical programs, has demonstrated the power of music . . . to awaken, simulate, and heal.
The annual event supports the Institute’s clinical programs and research.
PS. Your participation and support are really important this year, The Music has Power ® Awards, has been on a three-year hiatus due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
The QR Code will take you to the page where you can buy tickets or choose a sponsorship. Thanks so much.