Foundation News: Articles & News

  • Community Music Programs Enhance Brain Function In At-Risk Children

    NAMM Foundation supported research shows that two years of musical training improves auditory brain function

  • Benefits of Learning and Playing Music for Adults

    Playing music has been scientifically proven to benefit people of all ages—and, it’s fun to do. Adults who play an instrument—even if it’s just for fun—are able to reduce their stress and use the activity as an emotional outlet. Working adults reduce their chances of job “burnout.”

  • Music and Toddlers: Benefits of Music and Movement in Early Childhood

    According to Sandra Trehub, Professor Emeritus, Infant and Child Studies Center at the University of Toronto, perhaps the world's foremost expert on infant auditory development and the development of music abilities and music perception in children, babies are naturally musical. Studies at the University of Toronto show that infants:

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