Cross-train your brain!     See videos below.  Singing and music making connect people and transform the experience of being alive.  A 5th Grade Chorus; Bobby McFerrin; Playing for Change; Haiti.  Music making activates more areas of the brain than any other singular activity.  It awakens the emotions, makes people feel good, and helps the brain recover from injury:  Margot Gardot; Alzheimer's;  "Aha Moment"! Singing boosts our Immunoglobulin A (IgA), a disease-fighting protein (see Research Studies) and music making enhances vitality, health, well being and possibly longevity.  Young@Heart; Mayo Clinic.  “Singing is the outward manifestation of our souls.  [Singing] is not a luxury, it’s not a plug-in, it’s not a nicety, it’s not a small entertainment for lunch time for some of the children; it is every child’s birthright.  And our mission is to bring that back to our 21st-century modern communities.  That singing is not a luxury; it is our children's birthright.”   -Howard Goodall, National Ambassador for Singing (England) speaking about transforming classrooms through SingUp.

Music is a natural intelligence you are born with; there are no unmusical people.  Babies sing before they speak. Singing and playing an instrument are no more special talents than riding a bike, swimming, or reading. Singing is nothing more than vibration on the breath.  Tuvan throat singing on the David Letterman show.  Everyone can learn to sing in-tune and play instruments (unless one has "amusia," the inability to recognize or produce tones, found in only 4% of the population).  Students with severe developmental disabilities.  Singing unites people, keeps spirits alive, and is a form of political resistance. The Singing Revolution.   Some animals respond dramatically to singing. Bedtime for Puppies. Snowball. Singing in a chorus or choir or playing in a band enhances well being, motivation, and focus.

Music making raises achievement in other disciplines such as reading and math.  Singing as an intervention for struggling readers using a software program produces dramatic achievement!   Contact Ann Kay, Director 952.937.1110 annckay@comcast.net