Hintz Academy of Music

Congratulations to our musicians for an outstanding performance at this year’s FFMC State Convention! 🎉

Winners:
Ricardo Alomar
Ethan Stillwell
Lynna Yue
Sead Laganin
Abigail Adeleye
David Adeleye
Melissa Zhao

Composition Winners:
David Adeleye 1st
Sead Laganin 1st
Abigail Adeleye 2nd
Gabriella Gottschall 3rd
Ansh*ta Sahu 2nd

Each student that participated earned an award for their beautiful performance! 🎉 Congratulations! 🏅

It’s easy to press a key and hear a perfect tone, but a lifetime of dedication lies in the nuances - the touch, the pedalling, and the artistry that makes the instrument sing.

Where are you currently on your piano journey? Beginner, master, or somewhere in the infinite middle? 👇

AMAZING! 🤩
Congratulations to ALL our students for achieving Superior Musician status for Virtual Festival this year! 🎉
You did it!

What a lovely day making beautiful music during the winners’ circle at Steinway Gallery! All these young musicians did a beautiful job touching our heart strings. Congrats to our wonderful students! 🎶🎶👏👏
Parade of American Music

Your voice holds power far beyond words.

According to a fascinating study, singing for just one hour can increase your body’s production of secretory immunoglobulin A, or SIgA, by up to 240 percent. SIgA is your immune system’s first line of defense. It coats the lining of your mouth, throat, lungs, and digestive system, blocking viruses and bacteria before they invade deeper.

Researchers compared people who sang to those who simply listened to music or sat quietly. The difference was clear. Singing led to a massive spike in immunity, while the other activities offered only minor changes.

The act of singing is not just emotional. It is physical medicine. Breath control strengthens the lungs. Muscle engagement improves circulation. Vocal vibration stimulates healing in the chest, face, and brain.

Even more impressive? Singing activates the vagus nerve. This nerve calms the body, regulates stress, lowers cortisol, and balances your immune system. It is the body’s natural switch between fight mode and healing mode.

This is not about singing well. It is about singing fully. Whether it is gospel in a choir, humming in the kitchen, or belting a pop song in the car, your immune system listens and responds.

Singing also boosts endorphins, creating a natural high that relaxes the mind and energizes the body. In a world overwhelmed by stress, that shift can be the medicine many people never realized they needed.

So sing like your health depends on it. Because science says it just might.
Your voice is more than expression. It is immunity in motion.