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How Music Affects Us: A Medley - Part 2
taken from "Music Advocacy Action Kit," provided
by The Selmer Company for School Reform sessions
presented by Tim Lautzenheiser and Michael Kumer at
the 1999 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago
* Music can affect body temperature because of its influence on blood circulation,
pulse rate, breathing, and sweating. Transcendent music and loud music can raise our body
heat a few degrees, while soft music with a weak beat can lower it. - Don Campbell,
The Mozart Effect. (New York: Avon Books, 1997), 70-71.
* In an aerobics class, researchers reported that music increased the subjects'
strength and improved their ability to pace their movements, all while enhancing their
mood and motivation. - Kate Gfeller, "Musical Components and Styles Preferred by
Young Adults for Aerobic Fitness Activities," Journal of Music Therapy 25 (1988):
28-43.
* The city of Edmonton, Canada, pipes in Mozart string quartets in the city
squares to calm pedestrian traffic, and, as a result, drug dealings have lessened. -
"Music--Let's Split," Newsweek, 1990.
* Researchers at John Hopkins have found that rock music causes people to eat
faster and to eat a larger volume of food, while classical music--especially slow string
music-- makes them eat more slowly and consume less. - Don Campbell, Music--Physician
for Times to Come. (Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books, 1991).
* Doctors in the coronary care unit of Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore report that
a half an hour of listening to classical music produced the same effect as ten milligrams
of Valium.
- Sheila Ostrander & Lynn Schroeder with Nancy Ostrander, Superlearning 2000.
(New York: Delacorte Press, 1994), 76.
* In recovery wards and rehabilitation clinics, music is widely used to restructure
and "repattern" repetitive movements following accidents and illness. - Don
Campbell, The Mozart Effect. (New York: Avon Books, 1997), 69.
Next week:
How Music Affects Us: A Medley - Part 3
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