Why does some music trigger powerful and specific emotions? Is it true, as some claim, that music does this without conveying meaning? Or is music “the universal language” in the sense that it does convey meaning?

In this combination lecture and performance, the award-winning entertainer, composer, and lyricist Robin Field will demonstrate how the basic elements of music (melody, harmony, rhythm) can express ideas and images, which can lead the listener to an emotional response. Field will play and discuss several well-known pieces, showing how music can and does convey meaning and why this makes it such a profoundly life-serving value.

Come for an evening of discovery and delight.