These Viral Videos Prove How Powerful Music Can Be During This Pandemic

The world has officially slowed down. Multiple reports of school closures worldwide, people purchasing the last of their groceries before going into quarantine, and masses of businesses temporarily shut down to ensure the safety and future on-going operations of the coming months. Recently, there's been a surge of viral videos on various social media platforms of musicians around the world doing what they do best in order to calm the current anxiety levels around the COVID-19 pandemic.

When 2 kids in Columbus, Ohio played cello for an elderly lady self-isolating from the outbreak

Siblings Taran Tien (left) and Calliope Tien (right) play a mini cello concert for their neighbor Helena Schlam. They decided to play a short concert for their neighbor Helena who was also taking part in self isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

When a piano and a saxophone unexpectedly did a duet in Barcelona, Spain

Pianist Alberto Gestoso and saxophonist Alexander Lebron performed a duet to Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" from their balconies, easing away their neighbors' anxieties of COVID-19 in Barcelona, Spain.

When this Italian trumpeter performed an emotional cover of John Lennon's "Imagine"

Self-quarantined in Italy, a trumpeter gives a free concert to his neighbors to combat against feelings of loneliness and uncertainty.

When a local DJ threw a balcony block party

Local DJ Qayum Khan has been giving his neighbors in Italy something to dance to in order to lift their spirits up. The views for his video is over 2.8 million and has been shared over 92,000 times.

When 2 music teachers played a song for their neighbors under quarantine

Claudia Bucchini and Andrea Zucco, 2 teachers from an Italian music school in Florence, Italy play the flute and bassoon for their neighbors under quarantine.

When a group of Germans sang "Bella Ciao" on the rooftop to pay their respects to Italy

A few locals of Bavarian town in Bamberg, Germany sang an Italian resistance song, in stance with Italy while their death toll continues to rise.

When the Spanish police sang to families during a nationwide lockdown

Mallorca local police lift the spirits of multiple families during nation wide lockdown in the town of Algaida, Spain.

Overall, music has proven yet again how much healing power it has during our worst of times. Several celebrities have also resorted to their natural talents while staying at home, from Jojo's viral cover of "Chill (Stay In)" to the The Arkells' lead singer Max Kerman hosting live daily tutorials on how to play the chords to the bands' songs.

Music has always had the power to make us feel understood. Through its sweetest melodies, syncopated rhythms, and energetic beats, it's been there for us before, and I'm glad it's still here for us now.

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