The healing power of music and the helping power of musicians came together on September 9th when acclaimed four-time Grammy® Award winning musician Michael Feinstein headlined the 9th Annual Music Has Power™ Awards Benefit, with two-time Tony-Award® winning actress and singer Christine Ebersole, at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency – The Nightclub of New York. Widely recognized as one of the most beloved interpreters of American popular songs, Michael Feinstein has dedicated his career to reviving and promoting the works of legendary singers and songwriters, including Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, and Frank Sinatra.

Honored for their contributions to the therapeutic power of music were New York native and long-time IMNF supporter, Peggy Rice, and IMNF Scientific Advisory Board member and The Neurosciences Institute Esther J. Burnham Senior Fellow, Dr. Aniruddh Patel.

The Music Has Power™ Awards is the signature event presented by the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function. The celebration symbolizes the visionary spirit of the Institute and its pioneering mission to combine science and music to promote healing and wellness.

Funds raised through this event support the Institute, a 501 (c)(3), not-for-profit organization. Specifically, the funds raised through the Music Has PowerTM Awards support patient care, along with clinical and scientific research.

The Music Has Power™ Award has been exclusively designed for the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function. Recipients of the award reflect our mission to bring together the worlds of neuroscience and music; they include distinguished physicians and scientists, artists and performers and members of the music industry who have brought new understanding to the use of the power of music to awaken and heal.