Thesis: Playing instruments benefits the human brain by improving mental health, physical brain health, and creating connections across cultures.
Thesis: Writing music promotes creativity, increases empathy and emotional awareness and contributes to the development of fine motor skills and effective decision-making.
Thesis: The execution of one’s musical expression through singing can effectively improve one’s mental health by reducing anxiety levels and creating a sense of social secureness, biopsychological benefits, and its ability to aid others by the means of music therapy, displaying the significance of vocal practices in one’s life.
Thesis: Both the act of singing, and the community that comes with group singing, hold positive psychological health effects. Because of these benefits, singing should be talked about as a possible avenue for stress relief, and its other psychological benefits.
Thesis: A lack of diversity and recognition of the importance of representation in the modern western music scene negatively impacts marginalized audiences and aspiring artists as, without this inclusion, these minority groups are less likely to pursue higher achievement in their musical journey, thus continuing this cycle of underrepresentation in the music industry.
Thesis: Despite the lack of widespread music classes in public schools, music education has been proven to enhance learning ability and improve standardized test scores.
Thesis: As labels pressure musical artists to produce more marketable and “trendy” content, artists use platforms like social media for marketing, despite the negative effects this tactic has on the meaningfulness and timelessness of their work.
Musicians
Music Teachers
Therapists
Professors
Historians
Host a benefit concert
Host a workshop for peers or younger children
Teach a lesson to a music class