Why make music?    ¨       It's fun and enjoyable!   ¨       Music making creates vitality.   Music making can transform the experience of being alive.  When we make music, more areas of our brains “light up” than when we perform any other singular activity!  We feel alive, engaged, motivated and focused.  Our health and well being are increased throughout our lives into our 70's, 80's, 90's and 100's...just watch these amazing videos of the Young at Heart Chorus!

Music making may help keep our natural rhythms aligned—like a tune-up for a car.  “Your body is composed of a box of rhythms: cardiac, sleeping, endocrine...when these rhythms are altered, you have illness or disease" (Dr. Mathew Lee, Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Music and Music Education, NYU).    ¨     Music is a natural intelligence you are born with; there are no unmusical people (Dr. Howard Gardner).          Babies musically babble before they speak. Singing and playing an instrument are no more special talents than riding a bike, swimming, reading, or adding and subtracting.

Everyone can learn to sing in tune, play instruments, read, write, analyze, improvise and compose music (unless one has a disability such as "amusia," the inability to recognize or reproduce musical tones--estimated to affect less than 5% of the population). Some of us have more ability than others, but why would we let that stop us from doing a natural human behavior that feels good and is good for us? ¨        Music making enhances achievement in other subject disciplines such as reading and math. Start singing today!

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