5 reasons why music is important for youth development
Music and youth development: when we look back to history, music has always played an important role in various cultures, generations and used as a form of social activism to get points across.
Music has no boundaries and, over time, different sub-genres and cultures have been created to fit into the movement of the time.
An example of such was the post-war era of the 1960s and the years to follow, a number of social influences changed what popular music was and gave birth to the diversity that we experience with music today. The assassination of President Kennedy, the escalation of the war in Vietnam, and the forward-progress of the Civil Rights Movement all greatly impacted the mood of American culture and the music began to reflect that change. Youths were at the forefront of these social changes such as evidenced by Jon Savage in his ‘1966: the year youth culture exploded’ article.
An era of sex, drugs, and pop revolution, young people were finding their voices, exploring their sensuality, and pushing boundaries.
As a youth charity, using music as an art form to get young people to creatively express themselves. We too have seen how music has enabled youths to get their message across with the expression of their objection against knife crime, youth violence, and mental health and its negative impact on the family as a whole. We have been working and supporting young people for over 8 years to be able to develop their confidence, learn new skills, and develop old skills with intentions of transferring those skillsets into other aspects of their lives.
We have seen first-hand how music has enabled young people who are usually very shy to come out of their shell and take on a different persona on stage. Oliver Sacks MD describes how music can animate people with Parkinson’s disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise, speak, and calm and organise people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer’s or amnesia.
Below are two examples of the work produced by some of the young people we have worked with.
5 reasons why music is important for youth development
- It provides entertainment and distraction from problems and serves as a way to relieve tension and boredom
- It is a source of social-cognitive norms that impacts the development of adolescents’ self-concept.
- Music preferences promote identification and associations with friends
- It is a resource that can fulfil some of their emotional needs
- It is an expression of social activism against diverse forms of oppression.
Magdalene Adenaike FRSA is the Founder/CEO of Music Relief Foundation (MRF) a youth charity in which she founded in 2011 from her own personal experience as a teenage mother in 1999. www.music-relief.org
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5 reasons why music is important for youth development
Music and youth development: when we look back to history, music has always played an important role in various cultures, generations and used as a form of social activism to get points across.
Music has no boundaries and, over time, different sub-genres and cultures have been created to fit into the movement of the time.
An example of such was the post-war era of the 1960s and the years to follow, a number of social influences changed what popular music was and gave birth to the diversity that we experience with music today. The assassination of President Kennedy, the escalation of the war in Vietnam, and the forward-progress of the Civil Rights Movement all greatly impacted the mood of American culture and the music began to reflect that change. Youths were at the forefront of these social changes such as evidenced by Jon Savage in his ‘1966: the year youth culture exploded’ article.
An era of sex, drugs, and pop revolution, young people were finding their voices, exploring their sensuality, and pushing boundaries.
As a youth charity, using music as an art form to get young people to creatively express themselves. We too have seen how music has enabled youths to get their message across with the expression of their objection against knife crime, youth violence, and mental health and its negative impact on the family as a whole. We have been working and supporting young people for over 8 years to be able to develop their confidence, learn new skills, and develop old skills with intentions of transferring those skillsets into other aspects of their lives.
We have seen first-hand how music has enabled young people who are usually very shy to come out of their shell and take on a different persona on stage. Oliver Sacks MD describes how music can animate people with Parkinson’s disease who cannot otherwise move, give words to stroke patients who cannot otherwise, speak, and calm and organise people whose memories are ravaged by Alzheimer’s or amnesia.
Below are two examples of the work produced by some of the young people we have worked with.
5 reasons why music is important for youth development
Magdalene Adenaike FRSA is the Founder/CEO of Music Relief Foundation (MRF) a youth charity in which she founded in 2011 from her own personal experience as a teenage mother in 1999. www.music-relief.org
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