Benefits of Music: Online Resources

Check these websites about music education and advocacy for regular updates

	Wanna Play? A great resource for news, videos, and more-- discover how playing music can benefit you!
	Association for Music Education MENC works to ensure that every student has access to a quality program of music instruction.
	VH1 Save the Music Foundation A non-profit organization dedicated to restoring music education in public schools and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child's complete education
	SupportMusic "Music and the arts are vital to every child's education. SupportMusic provides tools and resources to advance community support for music education. You CAN make a difference!"
	Music Empowers Foundation Established as a private foundation for the purpose of funding nonprofit organizations that offer engaging and innovative music instruction to children, the Music Empowers Foundation offers handy statistics and details on their website about music education.
	MusicForAll The mission of this Seattle-based organization is to create, provide and expand positively life-changing experiences through music for all. The organization's Music Advocacy page offers some handy resources and statistics.
	Edutopia This wide-ranging site covers all aspects of education, including the arts. Check out their site for a variety of articles on the importance of music education and ways to improve it.
	DoSomething.Org Music Education is a crucial component of a complete education. Do Something has teamed up with the VH1 Save The Music Foundation to provide you with the best resources around. Now you can be a proactive advocate for music education!
	The Practical Nurse: 17 Excellent Studies About Music, The Brain, and Your Health For years, nurses and other health care professionals have known that music has positive effects on the brain. Indeed, the complexities of music are thought to stimulate brain function. On top of that, there also seems to be an effect of music on health. Some health care professionals note that music therapy can help in a variety of ways, leading to increased chances of recovery. Here are 17 studies about music, the brain and your health
Individual Articles Online: Huffington Post: Musicians Are Probably Smarter Than the Rest of Us - A new study found that musicians might have brains that function better than their peers well into old age. (July 2011) Learning Through the Arts - "I know that I always benefitted greatly using music as a tool as a kid --- I understood music more than anything," she says. "This is making me able to educate other teachers on how to do it. Plus, it's engaging and it's fun, and that's what this is all about."

Wanna Play?

A great resource for news, videos, and more-- discover how playing music can benefit you!

Association for Music Education

MENC works to ensure that every student has access to a quality program of music instruction.

VH1 Save the Music Foundation

A non-profit organization dedicated to restoring music education in public schools and raising awareness about the importance of music as part of each child's complete education

SupportMusic

"Music and the arts are vital to every child's education. SupportMusic provides tools and resources to advance community support for music education. You CAN make a difference!"

Established as a private foundation for the purpose of funding nonprofit organizations that offer engaging and innovative music instruction to children, the Music Empowers Foundation offers handy statistics and details on their website about music education.

MusicForAll

The mission of this Seattle-based organization is to create, provide and expand positively life-changing experiences through music for all.

The organization's Music Advocacy page offers some handy resources and statistics.

Edutopia

This wide-ranging site covers all aspects of education, including the arts.

Check out their site for a variety of articles on the importance of music education and ways to improve it.

DoSomething.Org

Music Education is a crucial component of a complete education. Do Something has teamed up with the VH1 Save The Music Foundation to provide you with the best resources around. Now you can be a proactive advocate for music education!

The Practical Nurse: 17 Excellent Studies About Music, The Brain, and Your Health

For years, nurses and other health care professionals have known that music has positive effects on the brain. Indeed, the complexities of music are thought to stimulate brain function. On top of that, there also seems to be an effect of music on health. Some health care professionals note that music therapy can help in a variety of ways, leading to increased chances of recovery.

Here are 17 studies about music, the brain and your health

Individual Articles Online:

Huffington Post: Musicians Are Probably Smarter Than the Rest of Us
- A new study found that musicians might have brains that function better than their peers well into old age. (July 2011)

Learning Through the Arts
- "I know that I always benefitted greatly using music as a tool as a kid --- I understood music more than anything," she says. "This is making me able to educate other teachers on how to do it. Plus, it's engaging and it's fun, and that's what this is all about."