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CASE STUDY

One young boy’s journey

Hear how ‘Luke’ (not his real name) made room in his life for healing through music therapy.

Research 

Want to find out about the evidence underpinning singing for mental health & wellbeing, but don't want to plough through whole reports? Read on!

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Research Summaries

 

A collection of easy-to-read overview of research papers relating to singing for children & young people's mental health & wellbeing.​

Effects of group singing versus group music listening on hospitalized children and adolescents with mental disorders: A pilot study

A pilot observational study

Katarzyna Grebosz-Haring, Leonhard Thun-Hohenstein (2018)

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Group singing and young people's psychological well-being

A mixed method study

Glew, S.G., Simonds, L.M, and Williams, E.I. (2021)

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My Hospital Family

Family perceptions of a Singing Medicine project in a Children’s Hospital in England’

Blackburn, C. (2019)

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Sing Every Day

The Wider Benefits of a School-Based Singing Project with Disadvantaged Children

Graham F. Welch, Ross Purves, Jo Saunders, Katherine Mason, Alice Bowmer, Ann Wright, International Music Education Research Centre, University College London (UCL) Institute of Education, VOCES8 Foundation

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Singing and social inclusion

A study woven into a larger data collection exercise of the national Sing Up programme

Welch, G., et al. (2014)

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Singing promotes cooperation in a diverse group of children

A research project from Toronto Canada

Arla Good and Frank A. Russo 2016

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The effects of group singing on the wellbeing and psychosocial outcomes of children and young people

A systematic integrative review

Glew, S.G., Simonds, L.M, and Williams, E.I. (2021) ARTS & HEALTH 2021, VOL. 13, NO. 3, 240–262

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The role of arts activities in developing resilience and mental wellbeing in children and young people

A rapid review of the literature

Zarobe, L., Bungay H (2017) Vol 137 No 6. Perspectives in Public Health p.37-347

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“Then the dream started to be more”.

Singing and music-making with refugee children and unaccompanied minors:
insights from research and practice.

Jaber, Garry, Phelan (2024)

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SPOTLIGHT

Why singing for health? 

Check out our overview taking a look at the psychological, social, physiological and behavioural benefits of singing. 

More to Explore

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Types of Singing for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Discover a library of activities and how they can be used to support young people's mental health

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Safe Spaces Guide

Download our guide to help you to consider inclusive spaces and support you to develop your own.

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Singing for young refugees and unaccompanied minors

Hala Jaber & Jim Pinchen

Singing for young people with health conditions

Sally Spencer & Merel van der Knoop

"The thing that we can't quite verbalise"

David Lawrence

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