Mental Health and Music
The Pennsylvania Philharmonic is dedicated to bringing students a fully rounded education by highlighting how
The pandemic has taken an incredible toll on all of us, however, it has been remarkably hard for children around the world as their sense of the world has shifted dramatically. We at the Pennsylvania Philharmonic want to use our platform as an educational resource to help students throughout Pennsylvania learn to cope with this change and emerge stronger.
Students are resilient. Our most recent educational program, Emergence and Introspection allows students the opportunity to learn that isolation from each other, while challenging, can indeed result in positive changes resulting from the time for introspection that we have all had.
Below is a list of resources showing the link between music and mental health
How Classical and Instrumental Music Affect Mental Health, Better Sleep
Creating ‘calmscapes’ with classical music, Early Years Educators Journal
Mental Health Implications of Music: Insight from Neuroscientific and Clinical Studies, Harvard Review of Psychology
Listening to Music: Helping Children Regulate Their Emotions and Improve Learning in the Classroom, Educational Horizons Journal
