WAAM’s Music Impact Research Center (MIRC) funds, researches, aggregates, and disseminates data measuring music’s influence through rigorous, scientific means.
We have formed a community of domain experts to develop and guide priorities. The team is responsible for curating leading third-party research, as well as producing original content to illustrate and substantiate the tangible link between music and key success metrics. Our analysis is publicly available; it is also shared with our grantees and factors into the evaluation of program delivery.
Interested in the minds behind this effort? Meet our research team!
The We Are All Music Foundation, in partnership with Hello Insight, recently undertook a case study of one of our Power of Music Grantees – Guitars Over Guns – to showcase how their music mentoring program has helped bring about some striking improvements across key metrics showing progress towards Social and Emotional Learning (SEL).
For CORE SEL, 58% of participants showed improvement in this umbrella category.
Measures a young person’s desire to engage with and contribute to family, community, and society
of participants reported improvement
Measures the ability of a young person to regulate their emotions and behavior, take positive risks, and persist through life’s challenges
of participants reported improvement
Measures a young person's internal sense of who they are and confidence to explore the multiple facets of their identities
of participants reported improvement
Measures a young person's motivation and perceived mastery over their own learning, school performance, and potential to attain academic success
of participants reported improvement
Measures the ability of a young person to take others’ perspectives into account, and to develop a sense of caring and empathy
of participants reported improvement
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