The great saxophonist Charlie Parker once proclaimed" if you don't live it, it won't come out
of your horn". This quote has often been used to explain the hedonistic lifestyle of many jazz …

Why is music so important to most of us? How does music help us both in our everyday lives,
and in the more specialist context of music therapy? This book suggests a new way of …

The relationship between arts participation and health is currently very topical. Motivated by
a desire to investigate innovative, non-invasive, and economically viable interventions that …

It is widely recognized among both scholars and lay people that music can influence
listeners in profound ways. Implicit in the recognition that music can affect listeners is that it …

Background: This scoping review analyzed research about how music activities may affect
participants' health and well-being. Primary outcomes were measures of health (including …

Interest in relationships between music, health, and wellbeing has been thriving in several
fields of practice and study for a number of years. A review of the literature (Bonde 2008) …

Music is one of the most universal ways of expression and communication for humankind
and is present in the everyday lives of people of all ages and from all cultures around the …

In Flourish, the positive psychologist Seligman identifies five commonly recognized factors
that are characteristic of human flourishing or well-being:(1)“positive emotion,”(2)“ …

Making music is a powerful way of engaging a multisensory and motor network and inducing
changes and linking brain regions within this network. These multimodal effects of …

This paper interrogates two different perspectives on music and wellbeing. The first positions
musical practice as being beneficial for emotional wellbeing and mental health, whilst the …