Throughout 2023, Matthew Steinfeld, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, was invited to collaborate on the development and implementation of the inaugural season of Well-Being Concerts at New York City’s Carnegie Hall.
The concerts “combine world-class musical performances with elements of self-care and mindfulness, animated by evidence that music helps people heal and thrive. Each concert creates an immersive, nurturing space in which audiences and performers share in the soul-nourishing benefits of music, create shared experiences, and explore tools for well-being that last long after the performance,” according to Carnegie Hall.
Steinfeld has served as a host for three concerts, writing concert-specific mindfulness and guided-imagery narratives to be interwoven with each performance and for specific groups of audience members.
On March 5, 2023, Steinfeld was host to Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Jarrett Cherner in a concert for people impacted by the justice system and their families. On June 18, 2023, he hosted a concert along with Alysia Lee, with The Artemisia Trio for hospital workers from New York City's Health + Hospital’s system.