Musical Grand Rounds - Acclaimed Jazz Pianist Fred Hersch at Morristown Medical Center

Highly-acclaimed jazz pianist Fred Hersch will hold a free performance at Morristown Medical Center and discuss music and medicine’s role in health care, including his own experience of living with HIV/AIDS, at the “Musical Grand Rounds."

The event will be held at the Malcolm Forbes Amphitheatre at Morristown Medical Center, 100 Madison Avenue, Morristown, NJ, from Noon-1:30pm.

Proclaimed by Vanity Fair magazine, “the most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade or so,” Hersch will highlight his 25-year journey with HIV/AIDS, including surviving a two-month coma in 2008, and will perform several pieces from his renowned production, “My Coma Dreams,” as well as several jazz standards. The performance and discussion will be followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

Lunch will be provided. Registration is required. Admission is free. On-site parking is $4.

The event is sponsored by The Jeffrey Frank Wacks Music Therapy Program at the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Morristown Medical Center, the Healing Arts program at Atlantic Health System, and Steinway and Sons.

For more information about Fred Hersch, please visit: http://www.fredhersch.com/

For more information about Morristown Medical Center, please visit: www.atlantichealth.org

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