Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation, shows the benefits veterans enjoy from attending musical performances and from learning to play musical instruments.
Examples of those benefits are below:
Psychological Benefits of Music - Studies show that music gives veterans a better outlook on life and have better social interactions. Music enhances moods and interest levels.
Health Benefits of Music - Studies show that music promotes positive overall health. Music helps people sleep better, experience diminished pain, and improved recovery time. Music has also shown to increase mobility, coordination, and overall cognitive abilities.
Memory Benefits - Studies have shown when a person hears music that corresponds with an important time, place, event, or emotion, the brain becomes stimulated.
Stress Reduction - Music can help veterans reduce stress. It also increases relaxation and enhances self-esteem while reducing tension and anxiety.
Music Immersion Program
Art Vitality offers a Music Immersion Program exclusively for veterans. This program immerses veterans in musical experiences with the goal of enhancing their quality of life.
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