ArticleScandinavian journal of caring sciences2022
Me and us: Cultivating presence and mental health through choir singing.
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- Differences in Experiencing Well-Being in Youth Choir Singers Regarding (In)Formal Participation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Singing, health and wellbeing in young children.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Exploring the Synergy of Music and Medicine in Healthcare: Expert Insights into the Curative and Societal Role of the Relationship between Music and Medicine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Losing Life's Sparkle: Experiences of Canadian Choral Musicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2023Article
- Implementation and Strategies of Community Music Activities for Well-Being: A Scoping Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Me and us: Cultivating presence and mental health through choir singing.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundAn increasing body of qualitative and quantitative research suggests that choir singing can improve mental and physical health and wellbeing. A recurring phenomenon is social agency and social and emotional competences. However, there is little consensus about the underlying impact mechanisms and the special nature of music as a medium for music-based social-emotional competence.
aimThis research was carried out to explore how the participants experienced engaging and singing in the choir A Song for the Mind in order to understand the social and emotional aspects in relation to choir singing and mental health.
methodSix women and two men were interviewed. The study involved open-ended interviews and applied Paul Ricoeur's phenomenological-hermeneutic theory of interpretation in processing the collected data.
findingsTwo themes emerged-The Singing Me and Cultivating Us. Joining the choir, singing and engaging with the lyrics, helped the participants get in contact with complex feelings and visualise and express challenges. This formed feelings of connecting to oneself and opening up to become aware of the world such as nature, the other person and the choir. Songs, melodies, tones, lyrics-singing together-formed a relation between the participants and the other and the group. This was a meaningful, and to some, a life-changing experience, and an important learning process to the professionals. As the participants are sensing and connecting to themselves, there is an opening for growing a nascent presence and awareness.
conclusionJoining the initiative A Song for the Mind instils an attention to the other person(s). The singing process seems to evoke presence, leading to awareness towards relational aspects and solidarity. In a choir singing perspective, and health care practice in general, this can be seen as a budding and ground-breaking formation of cultural activities holding learning and empowering potentials instilling mental health.
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