Here are some news stories about the benefits of singing and music:

7 Ways Music Benefits Your Heart, Brain & Health

Brain Imaging Shows the Language of Music

Choir singing boosts immune system activity in cancer patients and carers, study shows: Singing in a choir for just 1 hour causes physiological changes in people affected by cancer.

How Brains See Music as Language

Live Music’s Charms, Soothing Premature Hearts

Making Music Boosts Brain’s Language Skills

Man Creates Beautiful Songs From Dying Children’s Heartbeats To Comfort Grieving Parents

Melody Modulates Choir Members’ Heart Rate

New Ways into the Brain’s ‘Music Room’

Singing Changes Your Brain

Singing for Healing and Hope: Music Therapy Methods That Use the Voice with Individuals Who Are Homeless and Mentally Ill

That’s Music to My Ears

The Ice-Breaker Effect: Singing Mediates Fast Social Bonding

The New Science of Singing Together

The Unforgettables

When Patients have ‘Music Emergencies’

Why Music Makes Our Brain Sing