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This paper provides a summary of the report ‘The Power of Music: a research synthesis of the impact of actively making music on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people’ (Hallam, 2014), which is freely available on the world wide web. Readers interested in the way that active music making can impact on children and young people are advised to read the full report.
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