Research Shows How Group Drumming Can Help to Build Social and Emotional Skills
The NAMM Foundation has announced the findings of a recent study that shows how group drumming can improve social and emotional behavior in low-incomse children. The study, which appears in the Oxford Journal: Evdience-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, was conducted by the Pediatric Pain program in the department of pediatrics at the Devid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. The study, founded by Remo Belli (longtime NAMMmember founder of Remo, Inc.) demostrates how group drumming can significantly improve such problem haviors as withdrawl/depression, posttraumatic stress anxiety, attention deficit/hyperactivity, oppositional defiance, and slugish congnitive tempo. The researchers, who conducted the study in fifth-grade classrooms at Napa Street Elemetary School in the Los Angeles Unified School District, reported that its results "underscore the potential value of the arts as therapeutic tool." For more nformation, go to uclartsandhealing.net/training.aspx.
There are many benefits from making live music. From your adolescent years all the way up through your senior years, you are never too young or too old to get involved. Check out these facts why music making is great for everyone!
"When children experience making music themselves not just virtual
or canned music, but have their own, live, kinesthetic experience of
rhythms, tone and melody; it can correlate to their understanding of
number, and much more. This experience of following, creating and
sustaining rhythmic work as well as singing melodies or playing tone
instruments brings the child into a realm of experience that is beyond
academics and yet can enhance the academic learning. When we teach
music to children we educate more than just the head, there is an
education of soul. Often the educational systems treat music and the
arts as extras or as an unnecessary frill with regard to learning. Yet
if society de-values the very elements that have been the essence of
soul development since the beginning of time,for the sake of pumping
only head or academic learning, we as human beings will become a very
sad and miserable species. Music has been a part of human existence for
the purpose of communication and expression.
One of my dreams that is yet unfullfilled is to have students
(middle or high-school) write verses to express themselves and work
with music to bring that expression into full spectrum. (song or rhythm
or melody) However I do not have the skills to compose. I think this
would be a nice outlet for adolescents. I think it is good to provide
healthy outlets for all those budding emotions!" -School Teacher, Elizabeth K.
Children and Teens:
- Playing music positively affects the development of children's cognative skills.
- It Builds confidence, self-discipline, and inspires creativity
- Music Making can increase productivity and help kids and teens connect socially with their peers.
Adult and Seniors:
- Playing a musial instrument exercises the brain and helps to fight memory loss
- It helps reduce stress and lower blood pressure
- Making music can stave off depression and lonliness
Scientific Research Reveals:
- Playing a musical instrument can reverse stress at a molecular level, according to studies conducted by Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Applied Biosystems (Medical Science Monitor).
- Making music can help reduce job burnout and improve mood, according to a study exposing 112 long-term care workers to six recreational music-making sessions of group drumming and keyboard accompaniment.
- Music making increases human growth hormone product among active older Americans. A study following 130 people over two 10-week periods measured participants' levels of HgH. The findings revealed that the test group who took group keyboard lessons showed significantly higher levels of HgH than the control group who did not make music. (University of Miami)
Studies Show:
- 96 perent of public school principals believe that participatin in music education encourages and motivates students to stay in school longer (Harris Poll).
- 89 percent of principals believe that music education contributes to higher graduation rates (Harris Poll).
- The College Entrance Examination Board found that students in music appreciation scored 63 points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on math than students with no arts participation. (College-Bound Seniors National Report).
- A Columbia University study revealed that students in the artsare found to be more cooperative with teachers and peers, more self-confident and better able to express ideas. (The Arts Education Partnership).
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