Get Healthy! – Making music improves your health. Evidence from around the world has proved that playing a musical instrument can:
Help Asthma sufferers reduce their symptoms
Relieve stress and increase well-being
Build muscle strength and aid recovery
Enhance the function of the immune system
Get Back! – Making music keeps you younger. An increasing amount of research shows that for older people making music can delay the signs of ageing and help with the symptoms of some degenerative diseases. Making music, particularly within a group setting, can:
Help decrease anxiety, loneliness and depression
Improve self-esteem
Help improve memory
Give a general sense of well-being
By 2020 over half the population will be over 50 and this ever increasing group will face new challenges in maintaining their health and well-being.
Get Smart! – Making music makes you smarter
Music can play an important role in the development of children – from pre birth to the end of their education. Quality music education can open the door to many important benefits:
It can help children manage information, think about and solve problems, be adaptive, learn continuously and work well with others.
Students who play music tend to achieve higher test scores.
Playing music enhances creativity and self-expression
Playing in a group can reinforce self-discipline and teamwork.
For more information on any the above please contact the MIA Head Office on office@mia.org.uk
