While our Hawkeyes didn't fair so well on this fair weather day, our Wanna Play? Music Experience on November 7th was terrific.

Hawkeye fans participated in drum circles and group guitar lessons. We also handed out discount coupons and free lesson registrations! Take a look at the photos below. We'll post video soon.

Join us for more Wanna Play Music? experiences in the future...or come in to your local store and get started on a new instrument today!

Enhance your health by investing in a new instrument or rekindling an old love: come in to West Music for lessons, classes, instruments, and accessories. 

• Playing a musical instrument can reverse stress at the molecular level, according to studies conducted by Loma Linda University School of Medicine and Applied Biosystems (as published in Medical Science Monitor)
• Making music can help reduce job burnout and improve your mood, according to a study exposing 112 long-term care workers to six recreational music-making sessions of group drumming and keyboard accompaniment. (as published in Advances in Mind-Body Medicine)
• Playing music increases human growth hormone (HgH production among active older Americans.  A study following 130 people over two 10-week periods measured participants' levels of HgH.  The findings revealed that the test group who took group keyboard lessons showed significantly higher levels of HgH than the control group people who did not make music. (University of Miami)

Get involved! Visit the Wanna Play Music? website for contests, jams, fun, and research...or drop by our Advocacy page for an annotated list of websites that fill the music spectrum.

Many of your favorite athletes, actors and celebrities from all walks of life are playing music. They do it to relieve stress, have fun and stay creative. But don't take our word for it, click on the links and hear it straight from them. We'll be on the lookout for more celebrities who play music in the coming months so be sure to check back and find out who's playing music now.