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Dancers performing at the World Performing Arts Festival 2006, Lahore, Pakistan.
Photo © Waheed Khalid
Northern Broadside Theatre Company performing A School for Scandal.
Photo © Nobby Clark
A cellist performing.
Photo © Nana Kofi Acquah
Street performer 'The Space Cowboy' performing at Edinburgh Fringe in The Meadows.
Photo © Kenny Maths
Mime artists from the Cho-In Theatre Company of South Korea, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2006.
Photo © Kenny Maths
Association of Medical Advisers to British Orchestras (AMABO)
If you are an orchestral player you may be able to benefit from the AMABO service. AMABO is the Association of Medical Advisors to British Orchestras. They provide free, confidential advice on health or medical conditions that affect performance.
AMABO doctors are as follows:
• BBC Concert Orchestra Dr Frances Carter BSc MBBS FRCP FRCGP
• BBC National Orchestra of Wales Dr Kay Saunders MA BM BCh MRCGP
• BBC Symphony Orchestra Dr Robert Butler MB ChB DRCOG
• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Dr Elizabeth Nodder BM BCh FRCGP
• City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Dr Jonathan White MB ChB
• English Chamber Orchestra Dr Jennifer R Lisle MSc MBBS FFPH DObst RCOG
• Hallé Orchestra Dr Margaret Garner MMedSc DRCOG MRCGP, Dr Bill Tamkin MSc MRCGP
• London Philharmonic Orchestra Dr Louise Miller MA MB BChir DRCOG MRCGP
• London Symphony Orchestra Dr Kenneth Lewis MA BM BCh
• Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Dr Robert Butler MB ChB DRCOG
• Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Dr Kay Saunders MA BM BCh MRCGP
• Philharmonia Orchestra Dr Robert Butler MB ChB DRCOG,
Dr E Chonon Lewis MBChB FRCGP DObst RCOG
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Dr Christopher Mimnagh MB ChB MSc
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Dr Frances Carter BSc MBBS FRCP FRCGP,
Dr Peter Warren MB ChB MRCGP DDAM (AMABO Chair)
• Ulster Orchestra Dr Christine Hunter MB BCh MRCGP DRCOG
Contact the BAPAM office if you would like to be put in touch with your AMABO doctor.
If you are in an orchestra without an AMABO doctor, get in touch.
