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MCC on Tap Presents “Why Music Is More Than Sound”

Tuesday, March 24, 6 PM , doors to lecture space open at 5:30 PM

Music engages us in culturally and psychologically powerful ways, leading us to reflect on our lives and those around us, as well as activating regions of our brain responsible for emotion, memory, movement, and reward all at once.

In this talk, Evin Rodkey (Anthropology Instructor) and April Shirey (Registrar) discuss how music can provide with opportunities to interpret aspects of culture more closely and how it triggers dopamine releases making listening to it pleasurable or motivating, strengthens neural connections, supports learning, and can even help regulate stress by calming the nervous system.

Ultimately, this talk will show how we don’t just hear music but that we process it culturally and psychologically, making music one of the most universally meaningful forms of human experience.

Come join us, ready to listen to some music and think about it in new ways!

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026
6:00 pm

Add to Calendar Tuesday, March 24, 2026 6:00 pm America/Detroit MCC on Tap Presents “Why Music Is More Than Sound”

Pigeon Hill Brewery, Address: 895 4th St, Muskegon, MI 49440