The benefits of music workshop participation for pupils’ wellbeing and social capital: the In2 music project evaluation

Ward, Samuel; James, Simon J.; James, Kate; Brown, Chris; Kokotsaki, Dimitra; Wigham, Jade

doi:10.1080/10632913.2021.1903640

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“…For music, dance and visual arts, grouped and separately, the findings showed that cortisol was lower after an arts versus homeroom class at the middle and end of the year, but not at the start of the year. A similar project, where professional musicians worked with school-aged children (Ward et al, 2020) showed through interviews with teachers, musicians, parents and observations that pupils experiencing socioeconomic deprivation enjoyed the benefits of fellowship through group-based music activities. Previously shy pupils began to contribute more in class, and anxious children overcame their fear of performing on stage.…”

Section: Music and Wellbeing In School-aged Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

5. Music, Spatial Reasoning and Mathematical Performance

Hallam¹,

Himonides²

2022

The Power of Music

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Evangelos HimonidesDr Evangelos Himonides held the University of London's first ever lectureship in music technology education and now holds the country's first ever Chair in Technology, Education, and Music. Evangelos works at University College London, where he leads a number of courses and supervises doctoral and post-doctoral research. At postgraduate level, he has led and now serves the MA in Music Education programme at UCL, with courses in 'Music Technology in Education' and 'Choral Conducting, Leadership and Communication'. At undergraduate level, Evangelos developed UCL's first ever music-related course in the Institution's near two-century history, which is called 'Interactions of Music & Science' and offered under the innovative Bachelors of Arts and Sciences (BASc) programme. He is fellow of the RSA and Chartered Fellow (FBCS CITP) of the British Computer Society. As a musician, technologist and educator, Evangelos has had an ongoing career in experimental research in the fields of Psychoacoustics, Music Perception, Music Cognition, IT, Human-Computer Interaction, Special Needs, the Singing Voice & Singing Development. Publications currently number over two hundred in high-profile international journals, such as Frontiers of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Psychology of Music, IJME, RSME, Journal of Voice, Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology. Evangelos has been working on numerous funded research projects for leading UK Research Councils such as the AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC, grant-making foundations/charities such as The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, RNIB, the AmberTrust and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, government agencies/departments (such as DfES, QCA) and also the European Union. Evangelos is associate editor for the Journal of Music, Technology and Education (Intellect), associate editor of Frontiers in Psychology, past associate editor for the Journal Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology xv Author Biographies (Informa Healthcare), reviews editor for Psychology of Music (SAGE), editor of the Society for Education and Music Psychology Research (SEMPRE) Conference Series, and section editor for 'technology' for the Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Evangelos has co-edited, with Andrew King, two key volumes in Technology, Music and Education, published by Routledge.As a sound engineer and researcher, Evangelos has recorded in numerous venues (including York Minster, St.Paul's, RCM), with various artists such as Derek Lee Ragin (Farinelli), Vanessa Mae (SONY BMG) and Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) and for numerous media productions (for the BBC, Ch5, Discovery Channel, RTL, CBS, PBS, History Channel).Evangelos has developed the free online technologies for Sounds of Intent, Inspire-Music and the Online Afghan Rubab Tutor. In his spare time, Evangelos likes to record music, play guitar, and handcraft musical instruments in order to raise funds for his charitable work. Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and Young People (2015). As the evidence was collated, it became clear that much more research had be...

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Section: Music and Wellbeing In School-aged Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

5. Music, Spatial Reasoning and Mathematical Performance

Hallam¹,

Himonides²

2022

The Power of Music

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“…For music, dance, and visual arts, grouped and separately, the findings showed that cortisol was lower after an arts versus homeroom class at the middle and end of the year but not at the start of the year. A similar project where professional musicians worked with school aged children (Ward et al, 2020) showed through interviews with teachers, musicians, parents and observations that pupils experiencing socio economic deprivation enjoyed the benefits of fellowship through group based music activities. Previously shy pupils began to contribute more in class, and anxious children overcame their fear of performing on stage.…”

Section: Music and Wellbeing In School Aged Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Power of Music: an exploration of the evidence [PREPRINT]

Hallam¹,

Himonides²

2021

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This OSF project contains the source and supplementary materials for the book "The Power of Music: an exploration of the evidence" (under review). This book was written to provide an update to The power of music: A research synthesis of the impact of actively making music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people. As the evidence was collated, it became clear that much more research had been undertaken since the original book was produced and that that research was focused on a much wider age range with particular expansion in work with older age groups. It was therefore decided to expand the book to include research across the lifespan covering a wider range of issues, particularly those relating to health and wellbeing as these have become more important in the research agenda in recent years. The title referring to an exploration of the research was selected to make it possible to take account of all kinds of research from large scale population studies to single case studies, correlation studies, experiments and evaluations of interventions with a focus on both listening to and actively making and creating music. Some interventions that have several different outcomes are mentioned in more than one chapter. As there has been much controversy recently as to whether music can have any impact, particularly on cognition, it was felt important to include examples of individual research projects for the reader to be able to draw their own conclusions about the impact of music rather than relying on a summary, although an overview is provided at the end of each chapter. This means that the book is not always an easy read. Some of the research is extremely complex and takes time to understand. It is hoped that despite this it will enable the reader to make an informed decision about the power of music in a range of areas across the lifespan.

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“…Music therapy also plays a role in people's cognitive, physical, and emotional health; listening to music improves people's mental health through the discipline that exists in the order of different notes and also through words (12) . Also, attending music therapy sessions can provide opportunities for people to create social relationships (13) and leave positive effects on people's mental and physical well-being (14) .…”

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The Effect of Music on The Level of Happiness in Primigravida Women

Hoorijani¹,

Manouchehri²,

Faridi³

et al. 2023

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Background: A woman's subjective happiness is an important predictor of her adjustment to pregnancy. The emotional response and level of happiness of women during pregnancy have a great impact on the continuation of pregnancy and health behaviors during this period. Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of music on the level of happiness in primigravida women. Patients and methods:The present research is a clinical trial with a pre-test, a post-test, a follow-up, and a control group. The research population included all primigravida women who were referred to the comprehensive health Centers in the city of Sanandaj in the year 2020. A total of 30 primigravida women were selected using a simple random sampling method and were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group listened to music by Kitaro for 45 minutes every night before going to bed for a period of 4 weeks. The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire and a checklist for listening to the music were used to collect data. Results:The mean score for happiness in the experimental group increased in the post-test compared with the pretest, but the difference was not significant. However, there was a significant difference between the mean scores for the pre-test and the follow-up stages (p<0.01). The results of the study showed that music can increase the level of happiness in pregnant women. Conclusions: Music could be used by healthcare workers in comprehensive health centers in order to improve happiness in pregnant women.

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The benefits of music workshop participation for pupils’ wellbeing and social capital: the In2 music project evaluation

Cited by 10 publications

References 21 publications

5. Music, Spatial Reasoning and Mathematical Performance

5. Music, Spatial Reasoning and Mathematical Performance

The Power of Music: an exploration of the evidence [PREPRINT]

The Effect of Music on The Level of Happiness in Primigravida Women

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