Benefits of Music Education & Choral Singing
How playing an instrument benefits your brain - Anita Collins [TED Talk]
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins
Can Music Help Make You a Genius?
https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/through-the-wormhole/videos/can-music-help-make-you-a-genius
Author Daniel Pink is interviewed about his book “When”
Science points to timing when & why to do creative work & team activities. Pink calls out the powerful benefits of choral training from 4 min. & 43 sec., on.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/author-daniel-pink-shares-scientific-secrets-of-perfect-timing/
TEDxSydney - Richard Gill - The Value of Music Education
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeRus3NVbwE
Early Music Lessons Have Longtime Benefits
https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/early-music-lessons-have-longtime-benefits/?_r=0
Does Music Change a Child's Brain? | John Iversen | TEDxSanDiego
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2sqXbwlaWw
What if every child had access to music education from birth? | Anita Collins | TEDxCanberra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueqgenARzlE
Emotional Intelligence and Music | Maria Iturriaga | TEDxBerkleeValencia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDSL1x9lnos
Stop ‘Defending’ Music Education
The Benefits of Playing Music Help Your Brain More Than Any Other Activity
https://www.inc.com/john-rampton/the-benefits-of-playing-music-help-your-brain-more.html
A Cognitive Crescendo:
How Music Affects Our Brain Function
http://www.edwebscs.com/forward/waacda.org/article-hampton-7-28-08.html
The Benefits of Music Education
Review of Literature By The Royal Conservatory
https://www.rcmusic.ca/sites/default/files/files/RCM_MusicEducationBenefits.pdf
20 Important Benefits of Music Education http://www.nafme.org/20-important-benefits-of-music-in-our-schools/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/opinion/sunday/is-music-the-key-to-success.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0
Musically Trained Students Do Better In School…
Research Shows that Musical Training Boosts IQ, Focus and Persistence
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-musical-fix-for-american-schools-1412954652
Singers Have Stronger Group Identity than Team Sports Players: research
http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/more-evidence-of-psychological-benefits-of-choral-singing
Music Training Sharpens Brain Pathways, Studies Say
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/11/25/13music.h33.html
Singing in a Choir Could be Good for Our Psychological Well Being
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204202705.htm
Group Singing has been Scientifically Proven to Lower Stress, Relieve Anxiety and Elevate Endorphins
http://ideas.time.com/2013/08/16/singing-changes-your-brain/
Music of Kindness: Playing Together Strengthens Empathy in Children
Just a Few Years of Music Training Early in Life Benefits Adult Brains
New Evidence of Mental Benefits From Music Training
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/new-evidence-brain-benefits-music-training-83761/
This Is Your Brain. This Is Your Brain On Music.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/09/10/343681493/this-is-your-brain-this-is-your-brain-on-music
Science Shows How Piano Players' Brains Are Actually Different From Everybody Elses'
Music lessons may boost poor kids' brainpower, study suggests
http://www.today.com/health/music-lessons-may-boost-poor-kids-brainpower-study-suggests-1D80117501
How Playing Music Affects the Developing Brain
http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2014/07/17/music-language-brain
Musicians Use Both Sides of Their Brains More Frequently than Average People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw4vqll9cAM
Engaging Your City’s Youth Through the Arts
http://www.westerncity.com/Western-City/September-2014/Engaging-Your-Citys-Youth-Through-the-Arts/
John Rutter: The Importance of Choir (video)
All together now – three evolutionary perks of singing
http://theconversation.com/all-together-now-three-evolutionary-perks-of-singing-35367
Music lessons spur emotional and behavioral growth in children, new study says
Musical Training Creates New Brain Connections in Children
https://press.rsna.org/timssnet/Media/pressreleases/14_pr_target.cfm?id=1911