08/01/2023
Calling for Singers 4th Graders and Up!
From ChorusAmerica.Org
Chorus America first evaluated the benefits of choral singing and its impact on communities in a 2003 study. The data indicated that an early introduction to choral singing is a building block for life-long learning and social success. The study found that choral singers exhibit increased social skills, civic involvement, volunteerism, philanthropy, and support of other art forms, versus non-singers. The vast majority of adult choral singers today began singing in elementary and middle school.
In 2009, Chorus America conducted a follow-up study that included a component exploring the value of singing for children. The results show that children who sing have academic success and valuable life skills. Children who sing in choruses display many of the enhanced social skills found in adult singers, substantiating earlier conclusions that singing in childhood is likely to have an enormous influence on the choices individuals make later in life.
