Zoom image: Music and medicine Some unusual guests visited the Clinical and Translational Research Center this summer. The visitors included Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Diversity Fellow Fernanda Lastra (right) and The Unexpected Buffalo from Visit Buffalo Niagara (center, played by Cade Wyles, an Amherst High School senior) and a video crew. They videotaped Lastra talking with Mark Hicar, (left) associate professor of pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The crew has been visiting people in different occupations to discuss how people and instruments come together to make beautiful music. The BPO will show the video this fall in its Music for Youth Series. Photo: Sandra Kicman Music and medicine Some unusual guests visited the Clinical and Translational Research Center this summer. The visitors included Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Diversity Fellow Fernanda Lastra (right) and The Unexpected Buffalo from Visit Buffalo Niagara (center, played by Cade Wyles, an Amherst High School senior) and a video crew. They videotaped Lastra talking with Mark Hicar, (left) associate professor of pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The crew has been visiting people in different occupations to discuss how people and instruments come together to make beautiful music. The BPO will show the video this fall in its Music for Youth Series. Photo: Sandra Kicman

Science and symphonies

Some unusual guests visited the Clinical and Translational Research Center this summer. They included Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Diversity Fellow Fernanda Lastra (right) and The Unexpected Buffalo from Visit Buffalo Niagara (center, played by Amherst High School senior Cade Wyles) and a video crew. The crew taped Lastra talking with Mark Hicar (left), associate professor of pediatrics in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The crew has been visiting people in different occupations to discuss how people and instruments come together to make beautiful music. The BPO will show the video this fall as part of its Music for Youth Series. Photo: Sandra Kicman

Published September 5, 2023