Reason 1: Physical Benefits: People who sing, live longer, healthier lives!

 

• Singing is a workout:  Health benefits of singing include a stronger diaphragm and stimulated overall circulation. Since you pull in a greater amount of oxygen while singing than when doing many other types of exercise, some even believe that singing can increase your aerobic capacity and stamina.

 

• Singing is good for your lungs: Songs are great exercise for your lungs! They make you breathe evenly, deeply, and help to calm your body. Singing properly develops breathing skills & muscular development, which contributes to improved posture and promotes sound sleep and rest

 

• Singing is good for your heart: Singing improves your cardiac rhythms, reducing the risk of heart disease! We benefit our hearts and circulation by improving our aerobic capacity and we decrease muscle tension.

 

• Singing improves your posture: Standing up straight is part of correct technique as you’re singing, so with time, good posture will become a habit! As your chest cavity expands and your shoulders and back align, you’re improving your posture overall.

 

• Singing strengthens the immune system: According to research conducted at the University of Frankfurt, singing boosts the immune system. The study included testing professional choir members’ blood before and after an hour-long rehearsal singing Mozart’s “Requiem”. The researchers noticed that in most cases, the amount of proteins in the immune system that function as antibodies, known as Immunoglobulin A, were significantly higher immediately after the rehearsal. The same increases were not observed after the choir members passively listened to music.

 

• Singing helps with sleep: According to a health article in the Daily Mail Online, experts believe singing can help strengthen throat and palate muscles, which helps stop snoring and sleep apnea. If you’re familiar with these ailments, you know how difficult it can be to get a good night’s sleep

 

 

Reason 2: Mental Development: Singing Makes You Smarter!

 

• Music lessons in childhood enlarges the brain. The area used to analyze the pitch is enlarged by 25% in musicians, as compared to people who had musical training. The findings suggest the area developed through practice and experience. The earlier the musicians were when they started musical training, the bigger this area of the brain appears to be. Young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory over the course of a year, compared to children who do not receive musical training. Musically trained children performed better in memory tests correlated with general intelligence skills such as literacy, verbal memory, visio-spatial processing, mathematics, and IQ.

 

• Music study improves literacy. Stanford University research has found that musical training improves how the brain processes the spoken word; a finding that researchers say could lead to improving the reading ability of children who have dyslexia and other reading difficulties.

 

• Music improves multitasking intelligence. Musicians are constantly adjusting decisions on tempo, tone, style, rhythm, phrasing, and feeling – training the brain to become incredibly good at organizing and conducting numerous activities at once. Dedicated practice can have a lasting effect on lifelong attention skills, intelligence, and an ability for self-knowledge and expression.

 

• Music enhances the process of learning. The systems it nourishes, which include our integrated sensory, attention, cognitive, emotional and motor capacities, are shown to be the driving forces behind all other learning. Music listening, learning to play piano and keyboards, and learning piano and voice all contribute to spatial reasoning. In the vast literature on spatial reasoning (about 3,000 studies in some bibliographies), mathematical skills as well as language facility benefit directly from spatial reasoning.

 

• Music improves attendance and educational aspirations. Students at risk of not successfully completing their high school educations cite their participation in the arts as reasons for staying in school. Factors related to the arts that positively affected the motivation of these students included a supportive environment that promotes constructive acceptance of criticism and one where it is safe to take risks. Schools with music programs have an estimated 90.2% graduation rate and 93.9% attendance rate compared to schools without music education, which average 72.9% graduation and 84.9% attendance. Learning in the arts nurtures motivation, including active engagement, disciplined and sustained attention, persistence and risk taking.

 

• Students of music continue to outperform their non-arts peers on the SAT, according to reports by the College Entrance Examination Board. In 2006, SAT takers with coursework/ experience in music performance scored 57 points higher on the verbal portion of the test and 43 points higher on her math portion than students with no coursework or experience in the arts. Scores for those with coursework in music appreciation were 62 points higher on the verbal and 41 points higher on the math portion

 

 

Reason 3: Mental Health Benefits: Improve your mood and decrease your stress? SING!

 

• Singing Is A Release of Pain… Singing works like a bar of chocolate, in that it helps produce endorphins, also known as the “happiness hormone” J But with FAR fewer calories!

 

• Singing lowers stress levels: Making music in any form is relaxing. Singing releases stored muscle tension and decreases the levels of a stress hormone called cortisol in your blood stream. Singing also induces the body to produce oxytocin, which is known to reduce stress.

 

• Singing improves mental alertness: Improved blood circulation and an oxygenated blood stream allow more oxygen to reach the brain. This improves mental alertness, concentration, and memory. The Alzheimer’s Society has even established a “Singing for the Brain” service to help people with dementia and Alzheimer’s maintain their memories. Music memories far outlast any others! Learning something new, like music, has proven to reduce the onset of Alzheimers! It has been suggested that use of music can help people to regain balance if affected by illness such as Parkinson’s disease.

 

• Singing helps your brain & your mood: Singing can enhance your mood, help reduce anger and fight emotions like depression and anxiety. Regardless of your religious beliefs, singing is uplifting spiritually! Singing is creating art and energizes the mind to encourage creativity!

 

• Singing is a natural anti-depressant: Singing is known to release endorphins, the “feel-good” brain chemical that makes you feel uplifted and happy. In addition, scientists have identified a small organ in the ear called the sacculus, which responds to the frequencies created by singing. The response creates an immediate sense of pleasure, regardless of what the singing sounds like. Not only that, but singing can simply take your mind off the day’s troubles to boost your mood.

 

• Students in high-quality school music education programs score higher on standardized tests compared to students in schools with deficient music education programs, regardless of the socioeconomic level of community. Playing a musical instrument significantly enhances the brainstem's sensitivity to speech sounds. This relates to encoding skills involved with music and language. Experience with music at a young age can "fine-tune" the brains auditory system

 

Reason 4: Social Benefits- It’s hard to make friends and boost confidence… Make music & make memories <3

 

• Singing helps you know the world: Group singing is cheaper than therapy, healthier than drinking, and certainly more fun than working out. Music, but especially singing, increases our understanding and empathy of the world’s cultures.  Meet more people in a forum for sharing, laughing, and fun with likeminded people who are brought together to encourage and support one another in a safe environment.
   

• Singing can widen your circle of friends: Whether you’re in a choir or simply enjoy singing karaoke with your friends, one of the unexpected health benefits of singing is that it can improve your social life. The bonds you form singing with others can be profound, since there’s a level of intimacy naturally involved.

 

• Singing boosts your confidence: Stage fright is a common feeling for new singers. However, performing well and receiving praise from your friends and family may be the key to eventually overcoming your fears and boosting your self-confidence. With time, you may even find it easier to present any type of material in front of a group with poise and good presentation skills. - Kaleb

 

• Singing broadens communication skills: Have you ever sung in Czeck?! Choir provides a safe environment to try new skills!! According to an article in The Guardian, singing to babies helps prepare their brains for language. Music is just as important as teaching reading and writing at a young age to prevent language problems later in life. If you enjoy writing your own lyrics, honing this talent can improve your ability to communicate in different ways!

 

• Singing increases your ability to appreciate accomplished singers: Sometimes, you don’t realize how difficult something is until you try it yourself. As you grow from an amateur to an intermediate student and beyond, you’ll be looking to the masters for inspiration. You might even find a new style of music to appreciate that you wouldn’t normally listen to!

 

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