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3 ways group singing connects people to the non-clinical factors that are key to health and wellbeing
“I was equipped with a bunch of studies showing the benefits of singing for health into a doctor’s office –– a head doctor –– and I said, ‘I think a singing group would be a good idea.’ And before I could present all my evidence, she said ‘It’s a good idea. We should go ahead and do it.’”
That’s Dr. Gunter Kreutz, distinguished musicologist at Carl von Ossietzky University and Research Theme Leader on Breathing Disorders with our friends The SingWell Project. Gunter spoke at SingWell’s recent “Singing and Lung Health” talk, part of their speaker series on “The Art & Science of Singing Together”.
The series brought together global experts on communication challenges like Parkinson’s, lung disease and aphasia––alongside singing group leaders, music therapists, speech-language pathologists, and people living with communication challenges––to unpack a growing body of research on how singing with others can improve physical health, communication function, social connectedness, and other key measures of wellbeing.
While the series concluded in April, SingWell has made recordings of each session accessible on their Youtube– and offered a look specifically at how group singing can help strengthen both clinical and social prescribing practices in Canada: Read their blog post, “3 ways group singing connects people to the non-clinical factors that are key to health and wellbeing,” here.
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