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".     Little Sally Walker.Musicians on Call   (in hospitals). Singing construction worker. Korea's Got Talent. Say Ladeo. Athlete musiciansOscars 2011--NYC children's choirDetroit students-Body Music.  El Sistema. 13,500 singing! and response and highlights. HaitiPresident Obama. 5th graders. Boys don't sing. Prison songbirdsWizard of Oz and Bobby McFerrinCrayola. Virtual choir and Eric Whitacker and Cloudburst. ImprovBus driverFriends show. Six-handed piano. Total Eclipse of the Heart. Twin Cities Gospel ChoirThe Great Whistle-off. Adult band beginnersPlayingforChangeSinging Valentines. Techno-playing. Toddlers with parentsSinging in the Rain. Follow your passionBreathing and singing.   Singing construction workerBarbershop. Rock band. Aspiring opera singers. LA High School. 

 

2.  Activate your brain  

 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  

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  

  OOOver 90 and loving it     . 99-yr-oldThe 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.

5.  Develop your musical intelligence
Dudamel: Let the Children Play. Down, Down, Baby. Baby singing with momBaby singing with dad. Baby matching pitch. Singing with your baby. Body Music3-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. (Rare music disability called amusia). Singing as a career.

6.  It's your right  

England's Sing UpMore Sing UpFirst American school based on singing? Sidney Lanier School.     Music Saves Venezuela's Children. 6th grade boys (watch to the end)All cultures. 5th GradePS22 ChorusPatrick Henry Hughes. Wild Things Band. DrumlineNational Anthem singer.

7.  Keep spirit alive
Tibet in Song (how to destroy a culture). 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 ObamaWe Shall Overcome history, song, Pete Seeger's 90th birthday, and BP Oil Protest Song. The Singing RevolutionPublic protest. Education Protest.
 
 
8.  Be human
Animals respond to and imitate music but do not generate it:
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-alongs20 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-music & language. TUNEin to READING and student testimonials. Minneapolis News.  Education through Music. The Case for Music Education.