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Imagine an entire school – students, teachers, and administrators – taking time each morning to turn inward together, and listen to a brief mindfulness prompt and world-class music.
The Well's programs combine best practices in arts and wellness and are designed in partnership with those they serve.
We love collaborating with local, national and international community partners and peoples in a variety of arts programming and mindfulness practices.
We are a small yet mighty team, dedicated to making a big difference with what we have. Your support means the world to us.
In partnership with Utah Symphony Utah Opera and a dedicated music teacher in Salt Lake City Schools, we surveyed over 100 elementary students about Mindful Music Moments and their connection to music, mindfulness, and calming techniques. What we have known about the impact of our program for so many years, we can now share quantifiably.
Even during more stressful times throughout the year, Mindful Music has a consistent 25% increase in classroom-wide mood.
By year-end, 76% of students choose listening to music over video games to calm down.
By year-end, 60% of students were confident in their ability to self-identify stress (3% increase).
By year-end there was a 31% increase in students' ability to identify musical instruments.
The surveys were taken in December 2025 and March 2026 and were provided in both English and Spanish. Sections of questions had a variety of sample sizes ranging from 116-151 individual student responses.
Utah Symphony Utah Opera & Salt Lake City Schools Student Survey, March 2026
Amid a rise in reported stressors in March (noise, testing, and social media), 76% of students choose music as their tool for calm, an 8.7% relative increase from December, even outperforming video games (65.7%). By the end of the year, listening to music is no longer just a classroom exercise, but a personally essential practice for navigating a high-pressure world.
Utah Survey, March 2026
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Our programs have been nourishing the community since 2005. In 2019, we became the non-profit, A Mindful Moment.
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