Optimising well-being and development through music

Professor Graham Welch and the music education research team at University College London have conducted extensive work to evaluate and document the benefits of music for children. Their research has included large-scale studies of music programmes sponsored by governments and charities. The outcomes of these studies have shown clear benefits of music in supporting optimal health, well-being and development in children. The science data indicate that music holds great potential to support human development and enhance social and emotional well-being.