Free Workshop Performance of Part 1 of "The Onion" a New Opera About the Brain


                         

The UMass Amherst Initiative on Neurosciences is staging the first half of a new Opera titled, "The Onion", which deals with issues of thought and consciousness. It was composed and directed by Amherst College professors, Eric Sawyer and Ron Bashford. Two cast members are UMass alums.  This semi-staged performance will be followed by a conversation with neuroscientists from UMass and Harvard. They will be joined by Sawyer and Bashford, and members of the cast. The conversation will be moderated by the director of the UMass Initiative on Neurosciences, Paul Katz.