Music For The Collective at National Academy of Sciences – Washington, DC

LabX and CPNAS are proud to bring you an afternoon where sound becomes a conduit for connection. Music for the Collective is a collaborative event from LabX and the Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences, uniting science, culture, and the arts in a celebration of community and healing. Hosted in the Great Hall of our historic National Academy of Sciences building, the event will invite attendees to explore how music can cultivate mindfulness, spark dialogue, and strengthen our shared humanity.

Music for the Collective is curated to bring together art, culture, and healing through the transformative sounds of the Dr. AZA Trio. Blending jazz, hip hop, gospel, and other African diasporic traditions with intentional community-building, this event will offer an immersive experience for attendees at the intersection of music, mindfulness, and social connection.

The Dr. AZA Trio, consisting of Dr. AZA Allsop (vocals/piano/keys), Zwelakhe-Duma Bell Le Pere (bass), and Ryan Sands (drums), are world-class artists and educators whose collective expertise spans continents, institutions, and musical genres. Their dynamic interactive performance will deliver a powerful, spiritually and emotionally resonant experience aligned with the mission of Music for the Collective.

A neofusion trio blending jazz, hip-hop, R&B, Afro-soul, and global rhythms. The band invites audience participation with breath work and instrumentation.

Outside of music, Dr. AZA Allsop is also a Fellow within the National Academy of Medicine as part of the Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine. Dr. Allsop is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale, directs the AZA Laboratory at Yale School of Medicine and the Center for Collective Healing at Howard University. He is also a recipient of the Renee Fleming NeuroArts Investigator Awards Award.