13 January 2010
The Choral Cure

An article in The Independent yesterday outlined several health benefits of singing.   There was also a short item on the Today programme this morning.

A short quote from the article:

"In a recently published article in the Journal of Applied Arts & Health, specialists identify half-a-dozen ways in which it can improve our mental health, from improving cognitive function to social confidence.

But what is more surprising is that singing in a choir can have a strong impact on physical health. 'Like walking, singing has always been taken for granted – it's just something people have always done,' says lead author Professor Stephen Clift. "But just as walking is now prescribed, the benefits of singing for health are slowly being rediscovered by health practitioners"

To read the whole article click here

I've posted a comment on the site about 20,000 Voices, and our strong beliefs that singing has many health benefits.  Why not join the debate?