Center for
Lifelong Music Making

 

Why make music? 

10 reasons
100 videos

 


1.  Experience the joy and rapture of being alive!  
    "Don't fake it, feel it"China's Got Talent-moved to tears. Britain's Got Talent 13-yr-old     BritLittle Sally Walker  Musicians on Call in hospital. Korea's Got Talent. Say Ladeo. Athlete musicians  Oscars   2011Detroit Body Music. El Sistema. El Sistema USA. 13,500 singing!-response-highlights. HaitiPresident Obama. 5th graders. Rock band. Boys don't sing. Prison songbirds. LA HS. Wizard of OzBobby McFerrin. Crayola. Virtual choir. Eric Whitacker. CloudburstImprovBus driverFriends. Adult band. Aspiring opera singers. PlayingforChange. 6-hands. Total Eclipse of the Heart. Adult beginners. The Great Whistle-off. Barbershop. Follow your passionSinging in the Rain. Techno-playing. Singing Valentines. Ah-ha!.

 

 2.  Activate your brain  
  Mike Huckabee. Gabby Giffords singing to re-learn speaking. Newborn babies. Your Brain on Improv. Neuroscientist Nina Kraus. Neurologist Adele DiamondNeurologist Aniruddh Patel. Brain Opera/Guitar HeroBrain development & therapyBrain & achievement. Music and emotion in the brain. Music therapy.
 

3.  Heal yourself  

Music reactivates a brain. Singing after double lung transplant. The Choir with No NameDr. Oz & heart surgery patients. The singing cardiologist. Singing activates speech in stroke patientSinging for the brain--dementia. Stroke patient relearns how to talkAbout stroke & singingBrain injury miracle. Alzheimer's. Ipods for Alzheimer's. Parkinson'sSinging YogaMental healthMusic has Power. Music making for healingDrummingFrequencies. Sound healingTuning fork healing Autism and music making.
 

4.  Boost vitality, health, and longevity  
 96-year-old grandma.   OOOver 90 and loving it     . At 99-oldest Barbershop singer  A "Man Band". The Dancing Heart. Britain's Got TalentYoung@HeartHarmonica Man. Mayo Clinic. Songbird seniors. Nurse anesthesiologists. Sing for Your LifeWellness93-yr-old conductor. Odetta - Music Has Power Awards.

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5. Develop your musical intelligence
How music works--melody. Dudamel: Let the Children Play. Down, Down, Baby. Baby singing with mom. Baby singing with dad. Baby matching pitch. Singing with your baby. Body Music. 3-yr-old conductor. Minnesota Twins. Hey, Jude. Playground games. Native American. Norwegian Saami yoiking. Sacred harp singing. Polynesian. Kenyan children. Australian aboriginal song. Tuvan throat singing. How-to sing with Bobby McFerrin. Kids composing. Singing as a career. Amusia.

6. It's your right
England's Sing Up. More Sing Up. First American school based on singing? Sidney Lanier School. Music Saves Venezuela's Children. 6th grade boys (watch to the end). All cultures.5th Grade. PS22 Chorus. Patrick Henry Hughes.Wild Things Band. Drumline. National Anthem singer. Why music instruction for every child in schools          ?    .      

7. Keep spirit alive
Tibet in Song. Gospel for Teens. The Rap Doc. New Afghan music schools teach orphans. They Played for Their Lives. Songs of Defiance. Get Up, Stand Up. President Obama. We Shall Overcome history, song, Pete Seeger's 90th birthday, and BP Oil Protest Song.The Singing Revolution. Public protest.Education Protest.

8. Be human
Only humans generate music, but animals do respond.
Through a Dog's Ear. Bedtime for Puppies. Snowball, a cockatoo. Groucho, a parrot. Music and human evolution. Jazz for cows.


9. Strengthen community
Venezuela. Latvia. Chinese music in the park. Sing-alongs. 20 pianos in the streets. Young women. Elders' Wisdom: Children’s Song. U.S.A. national anthem. Canada's national anthem. Greek hockey team. Chorus. Folk songs teach history.

10. Raise reading and math achievement
Brain research. TUNEin to READING and student testimonials. Minneapolis News. Education through Music. A Case for Music Education.

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 Contact:  Ann Kay, Director 
Center for Lifelong Music Making
annckay@comcast.net
952.937.1110