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NAMM Foundation Best Communities for Music Education 2010

Since 1998, the NAMM Foundation has been conducting the Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) survey, a nationwide search for communities that exemplify commitment to music education. The 2010 survey runs from Thursday, January 14 to Friday, March 12.

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Scientific Research Reveals Reasons to Play Music

Science says there are good medical reasons to play...

Music and Wellness

A compelling new crop of scientific findings links active music making to measurable improvements in human well-being, especially in older people. Loneliness, depression and even the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease have been shown to respond to music, and some studies have even linked music making to better functioning of the immune system.

Music and the Brain

Music researchers are finding correlations between music making and some of the deepest workings of the human brain. Research has linked active music making with increased language discrimination and development, math ability, improved school grades, better-adjusted social behavior, and improvements in "spatial-temporal reasoning," - a cornerstone for problem solving.

Links below provide summaries of recent developments in music research field.

Research Briefs: Did You Know?

The pace of scientific research into music making has never been greater. New data about music’s relationship to brainpower, wellness and other phenomena is changing the way we perceive mankind’s oldest art form, and it’s having a real-world effect on decisions about educational priorities.

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The Benefits of Playing Music

Whether you're 5 or 95, you can benefit mentally, physically and socially from playing a musical instrument

The pace of scientific research into music making has never been greater. New data about music’s relationship to brainpower, wellness and other phenomena is changing the way we perceive mankind’s oldest art form, and it’s having a real-world effect on decisions about educational priorities.

Study Finds Group Recreational Music-Making Program Relieves Stress and Burnout in Nursing Students