Mozart & Science 2010

Mozart & Science 2010 – Music in Medicine and Therapy, the 3rd International Congress for the interdisciplinary research on the effects and the experiences of music – an event of the Landesakademie of Lower Austria in cooperation with I.M.A.R.A.A. and IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems – takes place in Krems, Austria from 04 - 06 November 2010. Its venues are the Klangraum Krems Minorite Church (opening ceremony), IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems (poster exhibition) and the Kloster UND (speeches, workshops and keynotes). For this convention 30 DFP points (valid in Austria and Germany) are credited. The convention is under the patronage of the Provincial Governor Dr. Erwin Pröll.

Main topics

The third convention Mozart & Science specifies the issues of music therapy and music medicine with regard to the requirements of physicians and health care in inpatient and outpatient settings. Owing to international research and interdisciplinary exchanges, music is now applied in the fields of medicine and therapy in a variety of differentiated modes.

At this year’s convention in Krems the talks will be oriented towards special medical fields such as oncology, dementia, epilepsy, tinnitus, depression, neurology, psychiatry, psychosomatics and trauma. The keynote lectures (4 each day) will provide comprehensive perspectives. This provides comprehension of the physiological and psychological foundations of the effects of music even to potentially interested newcomers in this area.

All speakers have extensive experience in the therapeutic implementation of music for medical purposes and will illustrate the fields of its application and especially how it can be applied beneficially by referring to their respective practical areas. Case studies and surveys which are going to be presented in Krems display the spread of international practice. Thus, music therapy provides a good basis to discuss quality standards and their documentation, which increasingly become standard usage in the medical field.

Motivation

"Music affects everyone –on a physical, mental and psychological level. Therefore an international exchange of experiences on interdisciplinary music effect research among renowned experts is going to take place at the third convention. By means of this event the province of Lower Austria would like to connect research, instruction and practical application to create new impacts for a purposeful use of music in health care and to create relevant offers. In this way many people in our country will be able to benefit form the positive effect of music."

Provincial Governor Dr. Erwin Pröll
Deputy Provincial Governor Mag. Wolfgang Sobotka