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Art Reflects Life: Mutations, Variations, and Improvisation
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Art Reflects Life: Mutations, Variations, and Improvisation

Partnership Event
Jason Hainsworth (Credit: LCPA/Sean Chee)

On Wednesday, October 14, we invite you to join the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center for an evening exploring variation and creativity through the lenses of genetics and music.

Featuring UCSF’s top minds in genetics and superstar musicians from SFCM, the program will explore how mutation and variation shape biology—and how variation, structure, and improvisation shape music. Part science, part music theory, and with a dash of improvisation, the evening promises to be entertaining, insightful, and thought-provoking.

Featuring

Bruce L. Miller, MD, the A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Neurology and director of the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center

David H. Stull, President & CEO of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Aimee Kao, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology at UC San Francisco in the Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center and a John Douglas French Foundation Endowed Professor

Edwin Outwater, Music Director, San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Jason Hainsworth, Executive Director, Roots, Jazz, and American Music (RJAM) at SFCM, and Associate Dean of Community Engagement

Claire Clelland, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Neurology at UC San Francisco in the Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center

William Seeley, MD, Professor of Neurology and Pathology at UCSF and the Zander Family Distinguished Professor in Neurology at the Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center

 

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Wednesday, October 14 2026, 7:00 PM to Wednesday, October 14 2026, 9:00 PM