About
The idea behind Making Music Being Well is to help get more people thinking about the therapeutic and recreational benefits of being musically active. The message is: sing or play a musical instrument. It’s good for you!
There is compelling international and local research which shows that active music making is good for individuals and good for communities. For example, music-making can help alleviate depression and reduce anxiety. Learning a wind instrument is great for breath control for kids with asthma. For adolescents, music-making and listening choices are powerful forms of positive expression. And singing to people in even the most advanced stage of dementia can benefit them, as familiar songs stay in our memory right to the end of life.
Making Music Being Well is a week-long focus on the links between active music making and wellbeing and the dates for the 2012 initiative will be announced soon.
Want to be part of it?
Individuals and communities can play their part in many different ways. Mackay Regional Council, Burdekin Library, Clarence Valley Conservatorium, Dandenong Ranges Music Council, Perth’s Princess Margaret Hospital, Wollongong Conservatorium, VCA Secondary School, Yangebup Primary School in WA, Victoria’s Southern Health authority and many, many community music groups and schools around the country have taken part in MMBW.
All you have to do to be part of MMBW is register your organisation/school/community group online. Free publicity resources are made available and how you celebrate music making is up to you. Online registration will open in early March 2012.
Making Music Being Well is an initiative of 'Music: Play for Life' and the Australian Music Therapy Association.
