AZA Allsop, MD, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, will lead the workshop “Music for the Collective: An Interactive Performance and Healing Experience” at 7:00 pm Wednesday, January 15 at The Kennedy Center in the Skyline Pavilion.
Allsop and his band will explore the role music has played in liberation and collective healing movements. Participants will be immersed in a healing listening experience, followed by an interactive demonstration where they are welcome to use their voices and percussion instruments for creativity and communal healing through sound.
No prior music training is required, and the workshop is open to the public.
Allsop is a neofusion artist, neuroscientist, and psychiatrist who conducts research at the intersection of social cognition, music mindfulness, and psychedelics. His AZA Laboratory at Yale School of Medicine is guided by the belief that decoding these tools will provide a better understanding of how social groups function and offer insights into treating mental suffering and enhancing the evolution of society at large.
Allsop graduated from the Yale Psychiatry Residency Program and was co-chief resident of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit. He directs the Center for Collective Healing at Howard University and teaches meditation, yoga, and music. He cofounded Renaissance Entertainment, Mefreely, and Brain Bias Being — companies that combine science, music, and community building to drive social change.