On this page we want to present interesting research and studies about singing or about music in general which may be useful. You may also check the online databases with research on the benefits of singing and examples of good practice assembled in the frame of the European cooperation project Uniting Youth in Song.

Research on the Voice

See the research presented at the General Assembly 2010 >>here

and the research presented at the General Assembly 2009 >> here

Singing and health

See the research presented at the General Assembly 2009 >> here

and research presented at the Conference in Vilnus 2009 >> here

These articles have been published in our ECmagazine:

Choral Singing is good for your health
Singing improves immune system
Singing is Healthy

The social impact of Singing and Music Education

See the research presented at the Conference in Vilnus 2009 >> here

This article has been published in our ECmagazine:

Anti-Drug-campaign Lithuania

The effects of Music Education

Marie-Paule Letwae sent us a stuy on the effects of teaching music in school in a region where there were previously no music lessons: Programme Musique in Chimay, Belgium - Evaluation of the study >> here

This article has been published in our ECmagazine:

Singing improves your intelligence

Cultural Diversity

The International Music Council has published a study on the situation of musical diversity in the world, called "The Protection and Promotion of Musical Diversity". It can be assessed in two files on the IMC homepage at www.unesco.org/imc