‘Show me a great school and I’ll show you a rich pulsing culture of the arts at its core’, says Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders.
Category: Mental health and wellbeing
Music training can help children cope with stress
A study conducted in Germany looked at how different interventions might affect the aggressive behaviour of children, and found that those who received musical training
Big Noise Torry helps disadvantaged children in Aberdeen
According to a recent research report, Sistema Scotland’s social change programme in Aberdeen – Big Noise Torry – has enhanced participants’ ability to learn in school, improved academic and behavioural skills, boosted school attendance rates, and improved their emotional wellbeing.
Singing calms baby longer than talking
A study by the University of Montreal showed that infants remained calm twice as long when listening to a song, as they did when listening to speech.
Music work with vulnerable young people in Suffolk shows significant impact on wellbeing
A year-long impact study finds that Noise Solution’s fusing of informal music outreach and digital narrative work is “Statistically significant” in impacting on the wellbeing of participants in challenging circumstances.
U2-funded Music Generation says music education needs diverse approaches
According to new research by Music Generation – Ireland’s national music education programme which aims to ensure that children and young people, regardless of their background, have access to music education – young people don’t have to be the next Mozart to gain benefits from music education.
Music lessons may regulate children’s aggressive behaviour
Enrolling children in music lessons may help them to control the tendency to become aggressive, according to a new study.
Music in Mind evaluation report published
Music in Mind is Rhythmix’s innovative music making programme which aims to enhance the life chances of young people aged 11-to-18 years with mental health needs.
How parents and grandparents can support and champion music education
Anita Holford and Dyfan Wyn Owen find out how parents and grandparents can support and champion music education.
Singing improves mental health and wellbeing – latest research from Sidney De Haan Centre
The Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health at Canterbury Christ Church University established four community singing groups to explore the potential impact regular group singing has on participants’ mental health and wellbeing.
Learning the ukulele makes children more helpful and caring
According to recently published research by the University of Toronto–Mississauga, third- and fourth-graders in Canada who initially scored low in sympathy and helpfulness developed those qualities at above-average rates if they took group 40-minute music lessons for a full school year.
Singing’s secret power: The Ice-breaker Effect
A new research study by the University of Oxford, published in the Royal Society’s Open Science journal, has provided the first evidence for an ‘ice-breaker effect’ of singing in bringing strangers closer together.
