Center for
Lifelong Music Making

 

Why make music? 

10 reasons
100 videos

 

Latest addition: Cup Song by 7-year-old
 


1.  Experience the joy and rapture of being alive!  
Cup Song by 7-year-oldRecycled Orchestra from TrashGuitars in the ClassroomIn the car.    "Don't fake it, feel it"The Really Terrible OrchestraLittle Sally WalkerIn hospitalChina's Got Talent. Britain's Got TalentKorea's Got Talent. Say Ladeo. 5 Piano GuysAthlete musiciansOscars 2011Ah-ha!Detroit 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 choirEric Whitacker. CloudburstImprov. Bus driverBus driver-2Friends. Adult band. Aspiring opera singers. PlayingforChange. Six-hands. Total Eclipse of the Heart. Adult beginners. The Great Whistle-off. Barbershop. Follow your passionSinging in the Rain. Techno-playing. Singing Valentines

 

 2.  Activate your brain  
  Mike Huckabee. 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  

Gabby Giffords re-learns speech. Gabby Giffords2Music as therapyMusic reactivates a brain. Singing after double lung transplant. The Choir with No NameDr. Oz & heart surgery patients. 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. Over 90 and loving it. At 99-oldest Barbershop singerA "Man Band"The Dancing HeartBritain's Got TalentYoung@HeartHarmonica ManMayo ClinicSongbird seniors. Nurse anesthesiologists. Sing for Your LifeWellness93-yr-old conductorOdetta - Music Has Power Awards. Kirtan chanting.

5. Develop your musical intelligence
Poems with toddlers. 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  
MusicCorpsEngland'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 SongGospel for TeensThe Rap DocNew Afghan music schools teach orphansThey Played for Their LivesSongs of Defiance. Get Up, Stand UpPresident ObamaWe Shall Overcome historysongPete Seeger's 90th birthday, and BP Oil Protest Song.The Singing RevolutionPublic protest.Education Protest.

8. Be a human 
Animals cannot create music,
but they do respond to it
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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.

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