Groupmuse: Dr. Pianist's Healing Music!

Makiko Hirata, piano

Johann Sebastian Bach – Excerpts from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Frédéric Chopin – Étude Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat major "Aeolian Harp"
Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
Claude Debussy – Arabesque No. 1
Claude Debussy – "Clair de lune" from Suite bergamasque, L. 75
Claude Debussy – "Poissons d'or" from Images, Book 2, L. 111

Health organizations like WHO and NIH agrees that music effectively enhance our well-being. It helps us reduce our stress, manage our pain, and induces many beneficial hormones, including oxytocin – the so-called "love hormone" helping us see how what we share is greater than our differences.

So how do we incorporate music in our lives to maximize its benefit? In this program, "Dr. Pianist" will show you some ways of actively engaging with the piano favorites to maximize its benefits.

The livestream will take place at 4pm Pacific. Broadcasting live from Pasadena, CA.

RSVP for details/livestream link.

$10+ minimum payment to musicians, $3 reservation fee.

About Groupmuse

Groupmuse is a worker- and musician-owned cooperative seeking to uplift artists and strengthen broader community bonds through live, intimate performances of historically-rooted music.