Maryland Symphony Orchestra Lecture

"How (and Why) Playing the Recorder in 3rd Grade Affected Your Entire Life" - Dr. Jennifer Green-Flint will lead us through an exploration of how your piercing rendition of "Hot Cross Buns" on your plastic recorder helped to create neuroplasticity in your brain, and develop the skills of tolerating discordance and conscious listening. Using these dispositions as a base for increasing emotional intelligence and empathy, we will focus on how 'everything you really needed to know' as an adult came from your recorder choir and not just your Kindergarten experience.