Michael Greene and Dr. Oliver Sacks to be Honored at The Institute for Music and Neurologic Function's First ''Music Has Power'' Awards.Entertainment Writers NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of & BRONX, N.Y.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2000 The Institute for Music and Neurologic Function The Institute for Music and Neurologic Function is a US nonprofit organization conducting research into and applying music therapy. It is located in The Bronx, New York City. will honor Michael Greene, President/CEO of the Recording Academy(R) and National Corporate Spokesperson for the American Music Therapy Association American Music Therapy Association, n.pr a national association of professionals who integrate music with conventional healing practices for therapeutic benefits. and Dr. Oliver Sacks, the distinguished neurologist, lecturer, prolific author and autobiographical subject of the Oscar-nominated movie "Awakenings" as the first recipients of the Music Has Power Awards(TM) on November 27. The inaugural event will take place at the Millennium Broadway Hotel and the adjacent Hudson Theater in New York There are many famous theaters in New York, most notably the Broadway theatres in New York City.
For over three decades, Michael Greene has provided tremendous leadership to the entertainment and communications industries and currently serves the music community as President/CEO of the Recording Academy. As an ardent spokesperson for the power of music, he has become the best-known proponent for music therapy and has been National Corporate Spokesperson for the American Music Therapy Association since 1996, having the honor of welcoming attendees to the annual World Congress of Music Therapy. A fine musician and recording artist in his own right, Michael Greene also serves as President/CEO of the MusiCares Foundation(R), which works to focus attention on health and wellness issues for music people, as well as the GRAMMY Foundation(R), which is dedicated to supporting music and arts education, including the study of music's effect on spatial-temporal ability and aptitude toward certain concepts in mathematics and science. Through the Foundation's GRAMMY in the Schools Program, Mr. Greene actively and consistently promotes music therapy as a career option for students of music. Dr. Oliver Sacks is perhaps most known for his best-selling 1985 collection of neurological case histories, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and in 1989 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. for his work on the neuroanthropology of Tourette's syndrome Tou·rette's syndrome or Tou·rette syndrome n. A severe neurological disorder characterized by multiple facial and other body tics, usually beginning in childhood or adolescence and often accompanied by grunts and compulsive utterances, as of , a condition marked by involuntary tics and utterances. In 1966, Dr. Sacks began work at Beth Abraham Health in the Bronx where he encountered a group of patients many of whom were unable to initiate movement -- they were survivors of the great epidemic of sleepy sickness that had swept the world from 1916-1927. They became the subjects of his book "Awakenings" (1973), that later inspired a play by Harold Pinter Noun 1. Harold Pinter - English dramatist whose plays are characterized by silences and the use of inaction (born in 1930) Pinter , "A Kind of Alaska," and the Oscar-nominated movie, "Awakenings," starring Robert De Niro Noun 1. Robert De Niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) De Niro and Robin Williams. Dr. Sacks' work has often involved the use of music to tap remaining cognitive functioning in patients, stimulate memory and enhance communication. The funds raised through the Music Has Power Awards(TM) support patient care along with clinical and scientific research. The Institute for Music and Neurologic Function is an affiliate of the Beth Abraham Family of Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract based in the Bronx (www.bethabe.org), which provides health-based services. Ticket packages range from $3,000 - $5,000, while special VIP seats are available for $500 each. Those interested in only attending the show can purchase mezzanine seats for $350 each and balcony seats for $250 each. For additional information contact Joseph Gordon at 718/519-4280. |
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