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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

Turnaround Arts Announces Expansion into 35 Schools Across America During First-Ever White House Talent Show

NAMM Foundation supported program celebrates successful two-year pilot, while making major expansion

2014 Music Making Grant Recipients

NAMM Foundation supports innovative community-based music learning programs that allow more people the opportunity to experience the proven benefits of active music making.

NAMM Foundation Supports Access to Music Programs to the Tune of a Half Million Dollars

2014-15 grants forward NAMM's vision of a world in which the joy of making music is a precious element of daily living for everyone

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:

NAMM Foundation Helps Anaheim City School District Orchestrate School Music Program

Grant shores up comprehensive music education programs in the community surrounding The NAMM Show

2012-2013 Program Grant Recipients

NAMM Foundation supports innovative community-based music learning programs that allow more people the opportunity to experience the proven benefits of active music making.

NAMM Foundation Spotlights 2014's Best Communities for Music Education

NAMM Foundation Spotlights 2014's Best Communities for Music Education

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