A FREE event at St Nicholas Church, Dyke Rd; Brighton.
Saturday May 19th 2012, 4-5pm.
Part of the series, The Musicians Body.
Presented by Music Of Our Time and supported by BAPAM.
Pianists, are you interested in taking part in research into arm tension and other painful conditions?
Medical doctor and pianist, Dr Hara Trouli, is looking for advanced students and professional pianists to take part in this project. Dr Trouli explains:
I am a medical doctor and a pianist, currently also a student of the first Masters Degree on Performing Arts Medicine at University College London that was developed by BAPAM (British Association of Performing Arts Medicine) in collaboration with the Royal College of Music and Trinity Laban. I am conducting research on pianists’ arm tension and other painful conditions under the supervision of Professor Howard Bird who is a UK specialist in performers’ health.
We need to see advanced students or professional pianists who have suffered at some point a medical or painful condition (either diagnosed or not) of the upper limb or the cervical spine (hands, wrist, arms or neck) and analyse their piano playing through a triple method of video/ MIDI/ Electromyography.
The idea is to see whether these conditions show signs on the graphs of muscle tension in the arms and neck (electromyography), velocity, force and articulation of piano playing (MIDI) and on postural images of the hand and arm (video). We are aiming to bridge the technical pianistic accomplishment with the clinical history and to measure parameters that would be reproducible and available to both the pianists and the doctors for evaluation. We are also trying to see whether these parameters can be used in monitoring the progress of the pianist during recovery from a painful condition or an injury, and to also enable the pianist to use this method as biofeedback when they re-train.
The assessment of each pianist lasts 2 hours, it takes place in a studio in North London and travel expenses are covered up to £10.00. Full information and consent sheets will be given to you before your assessment. We would need to see you in April or May and appointments can be made for any weekday or the weekends. We will also be pleased to share the results of your assessment with you and send you a full report of the recorded images. All information that we will receive from you is kept strictly confidential.
Please contact Dr Trouli directly if you’d like to get involved: haratrouli@googlemail.com
Jennie Morton, osteopath and lecturer & module leader for the UCL/BAPAM Performing Arts Medicine MSc, presents a one-day CPD course for musculoskeletal practitioners:
AN INTRODUCTION TO TREATING THE PERFORMING ARTIST
Sunday April 15th 2012
10.00am – 5.00pm
at
THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY – Berthon Room
275, Borough High Street. London. SE1 1JE
The day will include:
Common injuries in Dancers, Instrumental Musicians, Vocalists & Actors
Assessment, treatment & management approaches for performers
The postural, ergonomic & technique issues faced by performing artists
The environmental challenges for performing artists
7 Hours CPD
Course Fee £85 (Students £70)
Course Tutor:
Jennie Morton BSc (Hons) Osteopathy
UCL Honorary Lecturer & Module Leader for the MSc in Performing Arts Medicine, UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science
Osteopath & Lecturer for The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine
Speaker for Dance UK: Healthier Dancer Programme
For further info or to request a booking form, please email jennie@jenniemorton.co.uk
Friday March 16th: Neurology advisor to BAPAM (and keen musician!), Dr Mark Edwards, will take part in The Performing Brain, a fun, interactive evening presented by the Science team at the British Library and UCL Neuroscience, involving researchers from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and the UCL Institute of Neurology.
Have you ever wondered how a ballerina learns to pirouette? Or how musicians learn their art? Or even what happens to your own brain when you learn a new skill?
Join neuroscientists, musicians and dancers as together we explore how fantastically plastic your brain is, giving you the extraordinary ability to adapt and learn throughout your life.
More information and tickets here.
The next British Voice Association study day, at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, focuses on the effects of ageing on the voice and the vocal problems associated with ageing. Surgical, voice therapy and singing solutions will be discussed.
Follow the link for detailed information and to book your place:
“Weak, Wobbly or Working?” The Multidisciplinary Management of the Ageing Voice
Sunday 25th March, 2012 11.30am – 5.15pm
Speakers include:
•Sue Anderson (Singing Teacher and Researcher)
•Phil Jones (Consultant Otolaryngologist)
•Liz McNaughton (Specialist in the Singing and Speaking Voice)
•Jane Shaw (Voice Specialist Speech and Language Therapist)
•Mark Watson (Consultant Otolaryngologist)
Our November 19th Training Event focusses on Long Term Health Issues Affecting Performing Artists with presentations covering:
Sensory Motor Release (GP/Physio)
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation of Disabled, Elderly and Multi-talented Performers (Rheumatologist)
Chronic Pain (Rheumatologist)
Ageing and Performance Q&A with Gabrielle Hamilton (actor), Fergus Early (dancer) and Catherine Butler Smith (musician)
Plus, performing arts medicine practitioners can learn from and with professional musicians in two practical sessions with violinist (and Alexander Technique teacher), Ron Colyer, and clarinettist, Andrew Roberts.
Click here to download the programme
Please note this event is now fully booked.
Attendees should come to the main reception of:
Franklin-Wilkins Building
Stamford Street
London
SE1 9NH
Venue information: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/campuses/waterloo.html
On Sunday 15th January 2012, the British Voice Association hold a study day suitable for all voice professionals (speech
therapists, surgeons, singing teachers, voice teachers).
More information and application form
Topics include:
Brain function in relation to voice, in both therapy and education.
Recent research into neural processing for both spoken and
sung voice
The role of brain plasticity in rehabilitation and learning.
Gender differences between child and adult voices explored from
an evolutionary basis.
SPEAKERS:
Prof Sophie Scott (Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL)
Dr Katie Overy (Senior Lecturer in Music Psychology, University of Edinburgh)
Prof John Rothwell (Professor of Neurophysiology, UCL)
Dr David Reby (Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sussex)
The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine is the main inspiration and developer of the MSc / Diploma in Performing Arts Medicine to be delivered by University College London from September 2011. Currently in our 25th year, we have been at the forefront of this specialism, both in the UK and internationally. Along with our partner universities, we have convened many of the most eminent practitioners and researchers in the field to teach and supervise this course.
MSc / Diploma in Performing Arts Medicine
at
University College London
From September 2011
in conjunction with
British Association for Performing Arts Medicine
The Royal College of Music
Trinity-Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Do you work with elite or recreational dancers, actors, musicians or vocalists and want to learn more about performing arts injury prevention and management?
Do you care for individuals with musculoskeletal conditions that limit their activity?
Do you want to understand more about the links between health, performance and physical activity?
Do you want to know about the pharmacology prescribed and its effects on performing artists?
Do you need to understand the psychology of performance and current management strategies?
Do you want to be able to prescribe a range of rehabilitation exercises for a range of conditions?
If you answered ‘yes’ to these questions, then this is the programme for you!
This programme will provide specialised training in Performing Arts Medicine to clinicians interested or already involved in treating this very special subset encompassing instrumental musicians, singers, dancers, actors and all performing artists. It will equip clinicians with specialised knowledge and provide a baseline qualification which may eventually become a minimum requirement for health professionals working in this field. It is also intended to be a vehicle for stimulating Performing Arts Medicine research.
The programme is designed for clinicians from many backgrounds, including, but not limited to General Practitioners, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Hand therapists, Sports and Exercise Physicians, Rheumatologists, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Specialists in Psychotherapeutic Treatments.
The course ranges widely across musculoskeletal & neuromuscular injury, ergonomics, focal dystonias, differential diagnoses, performance psychology, drugs and self medication and assessment and rehabilitation of performance related injury. Alongside detailed clinical teaching and method there will be practical content relating to the performing arts industry, law, research, dance and voice science and a guide to NHS and other clinics to which patient referrals should be made.
Click here for more details: MSc Diploma in Performing Arts Medicine – Further Information
Here is the UCL course description: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/surgicalscience/courses/msc_performing_arts_medicine/msc_arts_medicine_modules
Contact Information:
BAPAM: Development Director for Performing Arts Medicine: Ian MacDonald +44 (0)20 7404 8444 ian.macdonald@bapam.org.uk
UCL: Programme Administrator: Mark Armstrong +44 (0)20 7472 6220 mark.armstrong02@ucl.ac.uk
Just a quick note – we’ve changed the dates of future Training Days to the third saturdays of May and November. This change takes effect after the forthcoming Training Day in Birmingham on May 14.
