In Part 2 of the interview, Professor Phillips discussed his West Indies upbringing and his unlikely path to opera. You can watch the entire video podcast on YouTube at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc83Bpg8hEEHuEXWk7qIJm2SbUMbww74j

From an aspiring poet to an established physicist who advised the President on science policies, to an award winning opera singer, Philip Phillips embodies how true success incorporates passion.

00:20 West Indian parents are very focused on education

07:53 You sing the opera. How did that come about?

10:00 I had never sung until 7 years ago

10:44 I don’t shy away from a challenge. Prior experience is not something that I necessarily view as a must before I try something

12:46 When I was in college, these things you do that you just never think about ended up being important in the end

26:14 Opera is just another avenue for exploring how contorted human emotions can be

26:30 Watch Philip Phillips sing an aria

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A show that explores the intersection of science and music and their benefits to society through personal stories of scientists and musicians.

ABOUT SOPHIA SI
A rising high school senior in Houston, TX, who grew up playing the piano and loving science.

ABOUT PHILIP PHILLIPS
An established professor in the Department of Physics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (https://physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/dimer and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Phillips_(physicist)) and opera singer who garnered top prizes (1st Place, 2020 National Association Teachers of Singing (NATS), 2nd Place, 2022 American Prize in Vocal Performance http://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2022/05/national-winners-men-in-opera-and-art.html). His performances can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDZpnXiuFA0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSN05n8j09E.

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In Part 1 of the interview, Professor Phillips talks about his initial love for poetry and how an aversion for science classes in high school finally transformed into a passion for physics in college. You can watch the entire video podcast on YouTube at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc83Bpg8hEEHuEXWk7qIJm2SbUMbww74j

From an aspiring poet to an established physicist who advised the President on science policies, to an award winning opera singer, Philip Phillips embodies how true success incorporates passion

1:59 My first love was actually English.. I wanted to be a poet.

2:41 I had two interests, math and English...physics allows you to tell stories with math.

5:51 Don't be frustrated if you don't get it (science) in high school, hardly anyone does.

6:17 You shouldn't take your first experience as a barometer as to what you are really made of.

6:25 If you know, you're still asking questions and it's still engaging to you, pursue it. And I think people don't really do that. They look at their results in high school.

ABOUT SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY PODCAST
A show that explores the intersection of science and music and their benefits to society through personal stories of scientists and musicians.

ABOUT SOPHIA SI
A rising high school senior in Houston, TX, who grew up playing the piano and loving science.

ABOUT PHILIP PHILLIPS
An established professor in the Department of Physics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (https://physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/dimer and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Phillips_(physicist)) and opera singer who garnered top prizes (1st Place, 2020 National Association Teachers of Singing (NATS), 2nd Place, 2022 American Prize in Vocal Performance http://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2022/05/national-winners-men-in-opera-and-art.html). His performances can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDZpnXiuFA0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSN05n8j09E.

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From an aspiring poet to an established physicist who advised the President on science policies, to an award winning opera singer, Philip Phillips embodies how true success incorporates passion. You can watch the entire video podcast on YouTube at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc83Bpg8hEEHuEXWk7qIJm2SbUMbww74j

ABOUT SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY PODCAST
A show that explores the intersection of science and music and their benefits to society through personal stories of scientists and musicians.

ABOUT SOPHIA SI
A rising high school senior in Houston, TX, who grew up playing the piano and loving science.

ABOUT PHILIP PHILLIPS
An established professor in the Department of Physics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (https://physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/dimer and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Phillips_(physicist)) and opera singer who garnered top prizes (1st Place, 2020 National Association Teachers of Singing (NATS), 2nd Place, 2022 American Prize in Vocal Performance http://theamericanprize.blogspot.com/2022/05/national-winners-men-in-opera-and-art.html). His performances can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDZpnXiuFA0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSN05n8j09E.

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ABOUT SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY PODCAST
A show that explores the intersection of science and music and their benefits to society through personal stories of scientists and musicians. You can watch the entire video podcast on YouTube at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc83Bpg8hEEHuEXWk7qIJm2SbUMbww74j

ABOUT SOPHIA SI
A rising high school senior in Houston, TX, who grew up playing the piano and loving science.

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In this episode, we will explore how a power science couple, both classical music lovers from the east coast, became country music singing square dancers.

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A show that explores the intersection of science and music and their benefits to society through personal stories of scientists and musicians.

You can watch the entire video podcast on YouTube at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc83Bpg8hEEHuEXWk7qIJm2SbUMbww74j or listen to the audio podcast at https://ScienceMusicAndSocietyPodcast.buzzsprout.com

ABOUT SOPHIA SI
A high school senior in Houston, TX, who grew up playing the piano and loving science.

ABOUT KARIN RABE
A Board of Governors Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ (http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~karin/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_M._Rabe) and member of the National Academy of Sciences.

ABOUT GREG MOORE
A Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ (http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~gmoore/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Moore_(physicist)) and member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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What happens when a pair of scientists take their sterile gloves off, put their cowboy boots on, and clear the lab floor for a hoedown?

In this episode, we will explore how a power science couple, both classical music lovers from the east coast, became country music singing square dancers.

In Part 1 of this interview, Professors Karin Rabe and Greg Moore talk about their love of science, their advice for aspiring scientists, their first experience with music and how they got into square dancing. For novices, they illustrate what square dance is with slides and videos.

00:39: What do you study as a physicist?

01:43 Did you always know that you were going to study physics or science?

02:30. For high school students who want to pursue science in the future, what advice would you give them?

04:19 When you were growing up, what was your first experience with music like?

06:40 How did you get into square dancing?

11:03 What is square dance?

13:40 and 15:26 Video illustrations of square dance

ABOUT SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY PODCAST
A show that explores the intersection of science and music and their benefits to society through personal stories of scientists and musicians.

You can watch the entire video podcast on YouTube at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc83Bpg8hEEHuEXWk7qIJm2SbUMbww74j or listen to the audio podcast at https://ScienceMusicAndSocietyPodcast.buzzsprout.com

ABOUT SOPHIA SI
A high school senior in Houston, TX, who grew up playing the piano and loving science.

ABOUT KARIN RABE
A Board of Governors Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ (http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~karin/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_M._Rabe) and member of the National Academy of Sciences.

ABOUT GREG MOORE
A Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ (http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~gmoore/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Moore_(physicist)) and member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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In this episode, we will explore how a power science couple, both classical music lovers from the east coast, became country music singing square dancers.

In Part 2 of the interview, Professors Karin Rabe and Greg Moore discuss their love for square dancing, the math behind square-dancing, and the songs they did not mind listening to forever on Spotify. Don't miss their illustrations of square dance calls and videos of them calling over zoom and in person at a recent national square-dance convention.

00:04: Where do you get inspiration from when it comes to writing square dance scripts?

03:15 What are some of your favorite square dance calls?

04:17 What are some of the mathematics behind square dancing?

07:08 Do you think that, when you square dance, your mood shifts? Does this art form cause you to respond in ways that other forms of music or physical activities don't?

09:15 What's the meaning of music to you?

10:46 What 5 songs would you put on the Spotify playlist?

14:21. What advice do you give to female students who want to pursue science?

16:25 Karin and Greg demonstrated a sequence of square dance calls

18:54 Karin and Greg calling at the recent National Square Dance Convention

21:55. Karin and Greg calling at a zoom square dance gathering

ABOUT SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY PODCAST
A show that explores the intersection of science and music and their benefits to society through personal stories of scientists and musicians.

You can watch the entire video podcast on YouTube at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc83Bpg8hEEHuEXWk7qIJm2SbUMbww74j or listen to the audio podcast at https://ScienceMusicAndSocietyPodcast.buzzsprout.com

ABOUT SOPHIA SI
A high school senior in Houston, TX, who grew up playing the piano and loving science.

ABOUT KARIN RABE
A Board of Governors Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ (http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~karin/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_M._Rabe) and member of the National Academy of Sciences.

ABOUT GREG MOORE
A Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ (http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~gmoore/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Moore_(physicist)) and member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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How would you react if you went to a medical specialist and, instead of pills, they prescribed you singing, drumming, and other forms of music making?

I asked scientist and certified neurologic music therapist Dr. Kyurim Kang of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to describe music therapy, how it works, and some therapeutic activities that they offer.

01:27 Can you tell me what you study?

02:08 How did people come up with the idea of music therapy?

02:53 Is there scientific evidence that music therapy improves conditions of patients of neurodegenerative diseases? If so, what are some of the signs of improvement?

06:36 Can you tell me about the clinical trials such as ParkinSonics, Guitar-PD, and Drum-PD that are conducted at the Center for Music and Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine?

08:45 Is group therapy more effective than doing it on one's own?

09:38 Do the guitar, drum, and singing therapy only work for Parkinson's patients or do they work for other conditions also?

12:06 How do you measure the effectiveness of a particular therapy?

15:28 For people who can’t travel to the institute, are there other ways they can still benefit from music therapy?

16:30 For someone who wants to pursue music therapy, what advice do you give them?

ABOUT SCIENCE, MUSIC, AND SOCIETY PODCAST
A show that explores the intersection of science and music and their benefits to society through personal stories of scientists and musicians.

You can watch the entire video podcast on YouTube at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc83Bpg8hEEHuEXWk7qIJm2SbUMbww74j or listen to the audio podcast at https://ScienceMusicAndSocietyPodcast.buzzsprout.com

ABOUT SOPHIA SI
A high school senior in Houston, TX, who grew up playing the piano and loving science.

ABOUT KYURIM KANG
PhD, licensed professional and board certified music therapist and neurologic music therapist, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Music and Medicine in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dev/center-for-music-and-medicine/team.html, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jhmusicmedicine/, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hopkinscmm, Twitter:https://mobile.twitter.com/jhmusicmedicine).

RESOURCES

Due to space limitations, check out the Science, Music, and Society Podcast show page on YouTube at https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc83Bpg8hEEHuEXWk7qIJm2SbUMbww74j for links to relevant publications, contact information regarding virtual ParkinSonics Choral Group, Drum sessions, Neurology music therapy support group offered by the Center for Music and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and more.