RESEARCH & SUPPORT

Below are some great links to research, articles and videos about why we should all “Play It Forward”.

• Bristol Research project on singing and long term happiness
  Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley
  BBC, 19 June 2024

  
  

• Newcastle’s Rely-Ability hip-hop program offers young people therapy and a possible music career
  Laurise Dickson
  ABC, 12 June 2024

  
  

• The neuroscience of singing: How choirs help our brains and bodies recover from burnout
  Lucy Sweeney
  ABC, 27 April 2024

  
  

• Neighbourhood connection improves mental health

  UQ News, 21 March 2024

• Do Patterns of Adolescent Participation in Arts, Culture and Entertainment Activities Predict Later Wellbeing? A Latent Class Analysis 
  Emma Thornton, Kimberly Petersen, Jose Marquez et al.
  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, March 2024

• Can Community Music Contribute to More Equitable Societies? A Critical Interpretive Synthesis
  Brydie-Leigh Bartleet and Emma Heard
  Social Justice Research, February 2024

• The role of music in promoting health and wellbeing: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  Erica Viola, Marco Martorana, Chiara Airoldi et al,
  European Journal of Public Health, August 2023

• Audiences’ emotional response to choir singing by people living with mental health conditions
  Elyse Williams, Jolanda Jetten and Genevieve A. Dingle,
  Psychology of Music, April 2023

• New international laboratory aims to study and promote health benefits of arts activities for individuals and communities

  Wallace Ludel

  The Art Newspaper, 7 March 2023

   

• 5 ways singing helps humanity 

  Jane Davidson, University of Melbourne 

  Pursuit, 8 February 2023

• The arts in public health policy: progress and opportunities

  Rosie Dow et al 

  Health Policy, February 2023
  

• Losing Life's Sparkle: Experiences of Canadian Choral Musicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Mary Jo A Lozano et al

  Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 22 January 2023

• Physiological changes related to 10 weeks of singing for lung health in patients with COPD

  Mette Kaasgaard et al

  BMJ Open Respiratory Research, May 2022

   

• Flow state, exercise and healthy ageing: 5 unexpected benefits of singing

  Miguel Bautista

  The Conversation, 22 April 2022

   

• A chorus of voices: social singing and health promotion

  Hannah Fahey et al

  Health Promotion International, 13 April 2022

• Me and us: Cultivating presence and mental health through choir singing

  Janne Brammer Damsgaard 

  Wiley Online Library, 25 March 2022

• Music improves wellbeing and quality of life, research suggests

  Donna Lu

  The Guardian, 24 March 2022

   

• Some Neurons in Your Brain Respond to Singing but Not Other Music

  Margaret Osborne

  Smithsonian Magazine, 25 February 2022

• Mental Health Month 2021: The Health Benefits of Singing

  Webinar presented by Alex Singers

  UNSW Sydney, 9 October 2021

• In the midst of a pandemic-fuelled mental health crisis, Australians are embracing the healing benefits of arts

  Anna Freeland

  ABC, 15 September 2021

• Using music and words to bridge dementia

  Kate Teggelove and Professor Felicity Baker,

  Pursuit, University of Melbourne, 14 September 2021

• Study finds live classical music has huge emotional benefits for children
  Sian Moore
  Classic FM, 17 February 2021

• Beneficial effects of choir singing on cognition and well-being of older adults: Evidence from a cross-sectional study
  Emmi Pentikäinen, Anni Pitkäniemi, Sini-Tuuli Siponkoski at al
  PLoS ONE 16(2), 3 February 2021 

• How one choir is helping those with dementia and their carers
  Jessie Wang
  CutCommon Magazine, 16 November 2020

• The Brain Benefits of Music
  Sarah Wilson
  Podcast, University of Melbourne, September 2020

• Brain research shows the arts promote mental health

  The Conversation, 10 June 2020

• Group singing improves quality of life for people with Parkinson’s: an international study
  J. Yoon Irons, Grenville Hancox,Trish Vella-Burrows et al
  Aging & Mental Health, Published online: 05 Feb 2020

• Transformative: impacts of culture and creativity
  A New Approach
  Australian Academy of the Humanities, November 2019

• The desertification of Australian culture

  Alison Croggon
  The Monthly, October 2019

• Federal arts funding in Australia is falling, and local governments are picking up the slack

  Ben Eltham
  Monash Lens, 30 September 2019

• The Power of Music

  Q&A
  ABC, 30 September 2019

• ‘Creative Education’ Is Key To Preparing Kids For The Future

  Graham Strahle
  Music Australia, 24 September 2019

• ParkinSong choir helps those with Parkinson's find their voice and avoid isolation

  Harriet Tatham
  ABC Radio Sydney, 23 September 2019

• Arts education helps school students learn and socialise. We must invest in it

  Sandra Gattenhof
  The Conversation, 10 September 2019

• Artists’ welfare why it’s time to act

  Mark Williams
  The Conversation, 1 August 2018

• The Status of Music Education in Australia & The Future Path

  Music Australia, 4 September 2017

• Creative country: 98% of Australians engage with the arts

  Jo Caust
  The Conversation, 28 June 2017

• School of Hard Knocks: University of Queensland study finds physical, mental health gains

  Kym Agius
  ABC News, 14 October 2016

•  School of Hard Knocks QLD Final Evaluation Report

  Genevieve Dingle, Elyse Williams, Leah Sharman & Jolanda Jetten
  School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, August 2016

• The benefits of musical education

  Books and Arts Daily
  ABC Radio National, 24 November 2014

• What if every child had access to music education from birth?

  Anita Collins
  TEDx Talk, 27 October 2014

• The Value of Music Education

  Richard Gill
  Tedx Talk, 16 June 2011