The Music Club, where students get together and play instruments, will have its first meeting of the semester today. This year, the club hopes to have more members and more events to help students relax and de-stress.
“For me being pre-med, there’s a lot of stress that comes up,” said Jeremy Ignatius, junior neuroscience major and club president. “It [music] expresses a different part of your brain. We’re always so focused on logic and something that’s so concrete, but when you play music, it kind of scratches a different part of the brain.”
Ignatius said that the club has helped him manage his own stress, and now he wants it to help others.
The members have performed at a nursing home and Ignatius said it went so well that he hopes to have more events like that.
“It doesn’t matter how skilled you are, whether you’re a pro or you’re just learning how to play your instrument. They love seeing people come in and perform for them,” said Ignatius, who helped start the Music Club last year with alumna Sridevi Gundimeda, the founder.
The club had about 15 members last year.
Bill Adams, professor in the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts and faculty adviser of the Music Club, agrees.
“I asked them at the beginning of the club, what is your stress level? They were all like 80 and 90%. And at the end, or even halfway through, 30%. That’s how important music was for them to just chill,” Adams said.
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All NSU students can participate even if it’s not directly related to their major or minor.
The first meeting will take place today at 3 p.m. in UC 310.
For more information about the Music Club, follow the account on Instagram @themusicclubnsu.
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