Production Team: Rich Kroth, Rena Jordan, Mark Kalinowski, Susan O'Connor, Deanna Biase, John Laughton, Judy Smedley, Cathie Allison

Program Committee:Juan Bello, Winslow Burleson, Brett Busha, Michael Casey, Elaine Chew, Parag Chordia, Dan Ellis, Morwaread Farbood, Rebecca Fiebrink, Michel Galante, Grady Gerbracht, Fabien Gouyon, Ozgur Izmirli, Youngmoo Kim, Miroslav Martinovic, Andrew McPherson, Kazuhiro Nakadai, Doug Riecken, Robert Rowe, Meredith K. Stone, Jennifer Wang, Gil Weinberg

Contact for more information: mmi@tcnj.edu

General Chair: Teresa Marrin Nakra

Program Chair: Andrea Salgian

Performance Chair: Roger Dannenberg

Creative Work Chair: Chris Ault

Performance Committee: Dan Trueman, Gary Fienberg

Creative Work Committee: Margaret Minsky, Warren Buckleiter

Production Coordinator: Rita Patel Eng

Gary Marcus

Gary Marcus is Professor of Psychology and Director of the NYU Center for Language And Music, where he studies evolution, language, and cognitive development. He has written four books about the origins and development of mind and brain, including, most recently, Guitar Zero: The New Musician and The Science of Learning. He is also the editor of the The Norton Psychology Reader and the author of numerous science publications in leading journals, such as Science, and Nature. His essays have appeared in forums such as Wired, Discover, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.

Music, Mind, and Invention

Sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation and supported by the Schools of the Arts & Communication, Science, and Engineering at The College of New Jersey.