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Telephone Survey

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Between September and December we will be conducting a telephone survey of a random sample of performers who visited BAPAM’s London clinic earlier in the year.

The aim of the survey is to learn about performers’ experiences at the clinic and in the months afterwards, and whether or not visiting BAPAM has been helpful. We hope the survey will enable us to assess BAPAM’s services, highlight any aspects that we may need to improve, and provide a broad understanding of the most effective treatment and care for performers’ health problems. The survey results will also help us design a routine follow-up questionnaire for all performers visiting BAPAM in future.

Participation is voluntary.

The survey is being co-ordinated by BAPAM’s Dan Hayhurst and Dr Deborah Charnock, a Trustee and Chair of BAPAM’s research group. Deborah will be conducting the interviews: she is an experienced researcher and has developed BAPAM’s Research Policy, and will ensure that any information you provide is kept strictly confidential and is anonymised in any analysis and report arising from the survey.

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International Symposium on Performance Science: Call For Papers

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

ISPS 2011
Models of Performance

24 | 27 August 2011
Toronto | Canada

www.performancescience.org

The next International Symposium on Performance Science will be hosted by the University of Toronto on 24-27 August 2011.

The ISPS 2011 theme, Models of Performance, is intended to encourage discussion and debate on issues ranging from ‘models’ of good practice (e.g. research into inspirational performers, teachers, or learners) to scientific ‘models’ of performance processes and products. Specific research topics, fields of study, and methodological approaches have been left open intentionally to encourage interdisciplinary exchange.

Submissions detailing original research are invited from across the performing arts, as well as the natural, social, and applied sciences. Those whose primary interests lie outside of the arts, but whose work nonetheless offers implications for the performing arts and/or for performing artists, are also encouraged to submit proposals.

KEY DATES

1 December 2010: Paper/poster abstract submission deadline
1 February 2011: Notification of submission decision
1 March 2011: End of early registration
15 April 2011: Deadline for papers for the ISPS proceedings
24 August 2011: Start of ISPS 2011

SUBMISSIONS

Submissions are invited for

- Spoken papers
- Poster presentations
- Symposia and workshops

Detailed instructions for submissions are available via the conference website: www.performancescience.org. Submissions should be made electronically to cps@rcm.ac.uk by 1 December 2010.

GRADUATE AWARD

The Scientific Committee is keen to encourage the attendance of students, as well as established researchers and practitioners. Therefore, the ISPS 2011 Graduate Award will be offered to one graduate student to present a keynote paper at the conference.

REVIEW PROCESS

Each submission will be reviewed anonymously by the Scientific Committee according to its originality, importance, clarity, and interdisciplinarity. Corresponding authors will be notified by email of the Committee’s decision by 1 February 2011.

CONFERENCE PUBLICATION

Accepted paper, poster, and symposium/workshop submissions will be published as 6-page papers in the Proceedings of ISPS 2011 (complete with ISBN), available in hardcopy at the conference and subsequently downloadable via the conference website. Details of the procedure and format for submitting published papers will be provided when authors receive notification of acceptance. Final papers for publication will be due on 15 April 2011.

REGISTRATION

Full and one-day registration options are available. Members of the following affiliated societies are eligible for a registration discount:

- European Association of Conservatoires (AEC)
- International Association for Dance Medicine and Science (IADMS)
- International Society for Music Education (ISME)
- Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA)
- Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC)

Online registration will open on 1 December 2010.

For further information about the venue, submissions, graduate award, and registration, visit the conference website: www.performancescience.org.

The official language of the conference is English.

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Announcement of Diploma/MSc in Performing Arts Medicine

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

With financial help from PPL (the company that licenses use of sound recordings and videos), BAPAM is currently working with University College London (UCL) to set up a Diploma/MSc in Performing Arts Medicine. The academic programme, examinations and administration will be provided by UCL.  The course is designed for doctors, physiotherapists and allied medical professionals.

The Diploma course will consist of 120 credits in research methods, ethics, performance physiology, anatomy and psychology and modules in medicine related to instrumental musicians, dancers, singers and actors.  The MSc will involve a further 60 credits and a research project in one of the subspecialties of music, dance and voice – BAPAM and UCL are currently establishing relationships with collaborating institutions (such as the Royal College of Music) to help deliver the programme.

The course will be available full-time (one year for the diploma) or part-time (two years).  It will be competitively priced and we are actively working on an affordable costing.  The anticipated start date is September 2011.

This is an exciting development in a growing field, both in the UK and internationally.  It will be the only such medical course available in the UK and we hope it will enable us to consolidate and spread experience throughout the country commensurate to the current high (but ad hoc) standing of Performing Arts Medicine in Britain.

Further information and updates will be posted on this website as they become available.   If you wish to be advised as to progress, please register your possible interest by emailing admin@bapam.org.uk, entitling your email ‘PAM Expression of Interest’.

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Alcohol and the Performing Arts

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Here’s a link to the December 2009 issue of Alcoholis - The Bulletin of the Medical Council on Alcohol, which contains an article by Dr Jenny Lisle, ‘Alcohol and the Performing Arts’, focussing mainly on alcohol use among orchestral musicians.

Alcoholis December 2009 Issue (PDF)

The Medical Council on Alcohol is a small national charity committed to improving the medical understanding of alcohol-related problems.

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Diploma/MSc in Performing Arts Medicine

Monday, April 12th, 2010

The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM), with financial help from PPL, is currently working with University College London (UCL) to set up a Diploma/MSc in Performing Arts Medicine. The academic programme, examinations and administration will be provided by UCL.  The course is designed for doctors, physiotherapists and allied medical professionals.

The Diploma course will consist of 120 credits in research methods, ethics, performance physiology, anatomy and psychology and modules in medicine related to instrumental musicians, dancers, singers and actors.  The MSc will involve a further 60 credits and a research project in one of the subspecialties of music, dance and voice – BAPAM and UCL are currently establishing relationships with collaborating institutions (such as the Royal College of Music) to help deliver the programme.

The course will be available full-time (one year for the diploma) or part-time (two years). It will be competitively priced and we are actively working on an affordable costing.  The anticipated start date is September 2011.

This is an exciting development in a growing field, both in the UK and internationally.  It will be the only such medical course available in the UK and we hope it will enable us to consolidate and spread experience throughout the country commensurate to the current high (but ad hoc) standing of Performing Arts Medicine in Britain.

For further information, please email naomi@bapam.org.uk

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The Power of Music

Monday, March 29th, 2010

Hypnosis Unit UK CPD

In Association with the

Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London

www.hypnosisunituk.com

Directors: Professor David Oakley & Dr Val Walters

A talk by Prof David Hargreaves

The power of music: Applying music psychology in health and clinical settings

David Hargreaves is Professor of Education and Froebel Research Fellow at Roehampton University, and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His books, in psychology, education, the arts, and music have been translated into 15 languages. He has appeared on BBC TV and radio as a jazz pianist and composer, and is organist at his local village church.

In this presentation he will present evidence which illustrates the power of music in people’s everyday lives. Music is all around us, in shops, dental surgeries, tube stations, in pubs and on phones; recent studies show that it is present in some way in approximately 40% of the waking lives of adults, and that the equivalent proportion for young children may be as high as 80%. The talk will review the functions that music fulfils in society, and the effects that it has on individuals: on cognition and learning, on social relationships and emotional reactions. As a result of these developments, there is a clear growth in applied music psychology. The applications of music psychology will be reviewed with a special focus on health and clinical applications, especially in music therapy and the management of pain.

Open to all. Of particular interest to academics, health professionals & musicians.

Saturday 24th April 2010, 10.00-1.00pm

Fee: £68.00 (full time students £35.00).  Places limited and must be booked in advance. Closing date: 16th April.

Venue: UCL Psychology Department 26, Bedford Way London WC1H 0AP.

For further information and application form email:  Kate Murfin (CPD Administrator) at adminhuuk@gmail.com

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Research Seminar at Guildhall School of Music

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Seminar: Preliminary Findings into the Use of Accent Method with Young and Developing Classical Singers

Professor Ron Morris,Visiting Research Fellow, Guildhall School

Wednesday 24 March

Room 208

17:00pm

Full details (PDF): Preliminary Findings into the Use of Accent Method with Young and Developing Classical Singers

If you would like to attend this event please email Research[AT]gsmd.ac.uk.

This event is organised by the Guildhall School of Music

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The Biology of Musical Performance

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Written by Alan Watson, who teaches the course on music biology at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (see below), The Biology of Musical Performance and Performance-Related Injury is now available, published by The Scarecrow Press.

Alan is Senior Lecturer in Anatomy and Neuroscience in the School of Bioscience at Cardiff University. He is a regular speaker at BAPAM training events.

The Biology of Musical Performance and Performance-Related Injury

The Biology of Musical Performance and Performance-Related Injury

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A Symphony of Maladies

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

An overview of the variety of medical problems encountered by musicians, written by Sarah Bache and Frank Edinborough and published in the December issue of the British Medical Journal can be viewed here.

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BBC News piece on hypermobility

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Hypermobility affects many of the performers we see here at BAPAM. This BBC article features both Professor Howard Bird, Consultant Rheumatologist at our Leeds clinic, and famously hypermobile composer, Sergei Rachmaninov. Take a look here.

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