Investing in the Symphony can improve your health and intelligence. Here’s how…
Donating to Santa Cruz Symphony on Giving Tuesday, November 28, is an investment in your well-being. How? Science has shown that listening to music can improve your mental health. It can also improve your brain power, reduce blood pressure, instill a sense of community, and even improve your understanding of math. Here’s proof:
No matter what your age, listening to music lights up and develops certain parts of our brains. But playing an instrument is like setting off fireworks because the effect is multiplied.
Did you know that music and mathematics are closely related? This means that music helps to develop the neural pathways that help us understand math and other logic-based issues.
Listening to classical music – even the “new classics” – can reduce stress, lift your mood, and lower blood pressure. Listening with an audience is even better because it can improve your sense of community and connection with others.
These are just a few reasons your donation to Santa Cruz Symphony on Giving Tuesday, November 28, will benefit you and our entire community. But wait! There’s more!
Our county-wide music education programs introduce young people to classical and traditional music, to orchestral instruments, to rhythm and vocalization, and to the opportunities for music camps, private lessons, and other ways to develop their musical abilities.
Our professional musicians introduce music education in classrooms, our Mueller Scholarships provide funds for students to advance their training, and our annual concerts for young people help them appreciate musical traditions and performance. This year, for example, we taught them about traditional African and Hispanic music, dance, and dress.
Our free pre-concert discussions with Dr. Don Adkins, an engaging music professor, help us understand the featured compositions, composers, and stories behind them.
And our Symphony League Previews bring us one-on-one with Maestro Daniel Stewart and the featured soloists.
Those reasons, and plenty more, are excellent motivations to give generously to the Santa Cruz Symphony on Giving Tuesday, November 28. It’s so easy! Just click the link below, and invest in your well-being. It’s more affordable than health care!
Thanks in advance for your generosity.
PS – Our Board of Directors has already given generously, so we’re already on the way to meeting our $20,000 goal. Can you help put us over the top?