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Wellness Resources
Support your health through music.
Browse this curated selection of videos, podcasts, publications, and events to discover research and practical tools to integrate the arts into your wellness practices, designed by music therapists, scholars, and arts practitioners.
For even more arts and health content, visit our Los Angeles County Arts and Health Week Summit webpage to watch recorded presentations from Summits past.
Curated Videos
Find more Arts and Health content on the LA Opera Connects YouTube channel.
LA Opera Connects is proud to spotlight leaders in arts and health initiatives as part of the 2025 Los Angeles County Arts and Health Week.
Come Together
Gather with others to discuss the latest advances in Arts and Health.
Podcasts
Written Resources
- Advancing Mental Health & Wellbeing in LA County - UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence
- Arts on Prescription: A Field Guide for US Communities - Mass Cultural Council; University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine; Tasha L. Golden, PhD
- Creative Wellbeing Curriculum Guide - LA County Arts Education Collective
- How Do We Realize the Potential of the Arts to Support Health and Wellbeing in the United States? - Jameel Arts and Health Lab
- Introduction Guide to Arts and Health, Research and Data - California for the Arts
- Key Research Insights Infographic - University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine
- Mindfulness for Families with Art at LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Research - Music Mends Minds: Restoring the Rhythm of Life
- Research Brief #1 - One Nation/One Project + Arts for Every Body
- "Why Medicine Needs the Arts" - Education Healthcare Public Services
Thank you to the following Arts and Health partners, and others who have contributed to the resources on this page.
- Nita Baxani, EdD, Musician, Researcher; Early Childhood Music Department Chair, Colburn School
- Renée Fleming, Special Projects Advisor, LA Opera; Goodwill Ambassador for Arts and Health, World Health Organization
- Ping Ho, MA, MPH; Founder & Director, Arts and Healing Initiative
- Jill Sonke, PhD Director of Research Initiatives, University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine
- Indre Viskontas, MM, PhD; Director of Communications, Sound Health Network; Scientific Advisory Board Chair, NeuroArts BluePrint; Associate Professor, University of San Francisco
- Stacie Aamon Yeldell, MA, MT-BC, AVPT; Best-selling Author, Speaker, Music Therapist; Founder, Amöntra
Our team is continuously adding to this webpage. Check back soon for more arts and health resources.
To get in touch with questions, connect with us at Connects@laopera.org or call us at 213.972.3157.
LA Opera Connects is generously supported by
The Emanuel Treitel Senior Citizen Fund
The Green Foundation
The Music Man Foundation
LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan