Why make music?   It's fun and enjoyable! Music making creates vitality. Singing and music making 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.  Singing boosts our Immunoglobulin A (IgA), a disease-fighting protein (see Beck's study on this website's Research page).  Singing enhances health, well being and longevity...watch these amazing 70 to 100-year-olds singing rock songs in their Young@Heart Chorus!

Music is a natural intelligence you are born with; there are no unmusical people (Dr. Howard Gardner). Babies sing 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 and play instruments (unless one has a profound disability such as "amusia," the inability to recognize or produce tones, found in less than 5% of the population). Be inspired by the drumline at Sidney Lanier School , a group of children with moderate to severe developmental disabilities.  How do you keep hope alive when everything is lost?  The Estonians kept their spirits free during occupation by two foreign empires.  See the documentary The Singing Revolution.

Animals respond to the power of singing.  See Bedtime for Puppies. Music making raises achievement in other disciplines such as reading and math (see Research on this website).    Start singing today!       Contact:            Ann Kay, Director                         952.937.1110                         annckay@comcast.net