Long-term musical group interaction has a positive influence on empathy in children

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Music and communication in music psychology (2014, background): “Other recent research indicates that there are significant consequences of repeated engagement in participatory music for both school-age children (Rabinowitch et al., 2013) and infants (Gerry, Unrau & Trainor, 2012) on the capacity for social behaviour.”
The neural pathways, development and functions of empathy (2015, background): “For example, some potential means by which empathy may be cultivated include by reading fiction [48] or listening to music [49].”
Music practice and participation for psychological well-being: A review of how music influences positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment (2015, background): “…whether long-term repeated participation in musical group interaction by participants (n = 23) could enhance their emotional empathy, Rabinowitch, Cross, and Burnard (2013) found that children participating in musical group interaction “showed higher emotional empathy scores after…”