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According to Jacques Launay, a researcher from Oxford University, regular choir members report that
learning new songs is cognitively stimulating and helps their memory. The working memory has the
ability to focus, remembering instructions and math achievement, according to Torkel Klingberg M.D.,
Ph.D.,

Choral singing has benefits and one of these is academically. An article written from Vail Youth Voices
site says, “Not only is singing fun, regular music instruction does have many benefits for students.
Attending music lessons raises a student’s IQ score. Additionally, music students earn better scores in
math, spelling, and reading. Higher IQ’s and better testing scores lead to improved grades and academic
success.”

According to an article entitled, US: Academic benefits of choral singing, posted on June 7, 2009,
children who sing in choruses have academic success and valuable life skills. More than 10 million
American now children sing in choruses and the majority of parents believe multiple skills increased
after their child joined a chorus. Seventy-one percent said their child had become more self-confident,
70% that self-discipline had improved, and 69% that the child's memory skills had improved.

More than 80% of educators surveyed - across multiple academic disciplines - agreed with parent
assessments that choir participation enhanced numerous aspects of a child's social development and
academic success. Educators also observed that children who sang were better participants in group
activities, had better emotional expression and exhibited better emotional management.

Ninety percent of the educators believed that singing in a choir could keep some students engaged in
school who might otherwise be lost, particularly among those who described the ethnicity of their
schools as diverse.

Children who participated in a chorus had significantly better grades than those who had never sung in a
choir: 45% of parents whose children sang said their child received "all or mostly As" in mathematics
(compared with 38% of non-choir parents) and 54% received "all or mostly As" in English and other
language arts classes (compared with 43%).

http://www.ox.ac.uk/research/choir-singing-improves-health-happiness-%E2%80%93-and-perfect-
icebreaker

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-learning-brain/201211/working-memory-and-school-
performance

http://vailyouthvoices.com/benefits/

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20090604190822820