The benefits of singing
Singing is the most accessible means for a young person to access all the effects that music has been proven to have.
Watch the video below to see what one school head thought of the difference that a singing programme made in his school.
The benefits of singing include:
- improving confidence
- raising aspirations
- developing listening and team working skills
- building a sense of community and belonging
- reducing stress and enhancing well-being
- developing communications skills and enhancing learning
- read in more depth about the benefits of singing in the classroom from Musical Futures
Singing can have a marked impact on school culture, injecting a new energy, improving pupils’ attitude towards school and helping to develop a sense of community within and between schools.
It can also raise the school’s profile in the local community, creating positive PR and ultimately marketing the school to future students and their parents.
The Benefits of Singing for Adolescents
Professor Graham Welch of the Institute of Education, University of London, analysed a variety of research reports and wrote a paper called The Benefits of Singing for Adolescents, which summarises the benefits as:
- Social - an enhanced sense of social inclusion, belonging, relationships, group identity
- Psychological - self-esteem, confidence, identity and communication; expression/release of feelings; inter-personal communication
- Physical - respiratory, cardiac function; development of control in the vocal system, which aids vocal communication; neurological functioning
Help and support
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