Posts Tagged ‘Health’
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
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)
Tags: BVA, Courses / Training, CPD, ENT, Health, Professional Development, Professional Voice Users, Singing, Speech and Language Therapy, Voice Coaching
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Please note, this survey is now completed.
Danica Giles MBPsS (Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society) is investigating the effect of stage fright on the health and well-being of professional performing artists as part of her diploma thesis at the University of Tübingen, Germany. If you are interested, take a look at the advert below.
Danica will share the results of this very interesting survey with BAPAM and the information will help our understanding of performers’ health. Participation is voluntary and anonymous. Details of the survey findings will be available through the BAPAM website
This independent research project has been checked and approved by BAPAM but we do not have a role in the funding, design or analysis of this work. We will not ‘own’ the data or project findings.
Interested in research on the well-being of performing artists?
Participate in this online survey and you can win £100!
Are you a performer and would like to know more about how you can improve your health & well-being through recovery? Then I invite you to participate in a study about stage fright and well-being that I am conducting for my diploma thesis in psychology. Just follow the link below to a questionnaire that takes about 20 minutes to complete. Your participation is completely anonymous and you can leave the questionnaire at any time. The study has been given a favourable ethical opinion by the University of Surrey Ethics Committee. You will also be given the option to enter a draw to win one prize of 100 Pounds by providing your email address at the end of the questionnaire. In a few weeks’ time you will be able to read the results with tips on how to recover more effectively from stress (via a link given to you at the end of the questionnaire)!
CLICK HERE to complete the questionairre
Tags: Actors, Dancers, Health, Musicians, Performance, performance anxiety, Performing Arts Medicine, Psychology, Research, Singers, Stage Fright, Stress, Well-Being
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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
On Friday 18th November the BVA host a Voice Clinics Forum (click link for details and application form) at University Hospital of South Manchester.
Speakers include Professor Paul Carding, Mr John Rubin and Mr Julian McGlashan, and topics to be covered include meeting the challenges faced in voice clinics and new technologies such as high speed, high definition and 3D imaging.
BAPAM’s next Training Day for Performing Arts Medicine practitioners is scheduled in London the next day, Saturday 19th November, and covers areas relating to woodwind and lower strings players, disability rehabilitation, chronic pain, lifestyle and injury prevention. The full programme is to be announced.
In the nearer future, the BVA have organised an Interactive Rock & Pop Day for singers, teachers and voice therapists. It takes place on Sunday 25th September in Chiswick, London. Click here for more details and an application form.
Tags: Actors, Courses / Training, Health, Performance, Performing Arts Medicine, Professional Development, Professional Voice Users, Singers, Speech and Language Therapy, Voice Coaching
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Thursday, March 24th, 2011
This event is almost sold out. To book your place, register now.
The Royal Society of Medicine and Dance UK have once again come together to organise a one-day dance and sports medicine conference. These two areas have much in common in terms of the demands placed on the human body and mind, and the run up to the London 2012 Olympics seems a great moment to learn from each other. In these two high performance environments risk of injury is ever present and its effects can jeopardise careers. There has already been a certain amount of cross fertilisation between the worlds of sports and dance medicine, with an increasing number of practitioners having worked with both athletes and dancers.
For all the info and to book your place, click here.
Tags: Courses / Training, Dancers, Doctor, Health, Performance, Professional Development, Sports Medicine
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Midlands Medicine, Music and Movement
UPDATE: The finalised programme for the day is now online. Click here to view/download it.
Liz Johnson would like some practitioners to bring in their instruments for her afternoon Soundbeam session, so if you play an instrument and it’s easy to carry, please do join in!
That BVSC venue that is hosting the day will direct everyone to our room on the day and please simply ask for BAPAM at reception.
To book your place at the next BAPAM Performing Arts Medicine Training Day please return this response form to Sanchita Farruque at the BAPAM office. The price is just £65 (£45 for students). BAPAM training days may be used as part of your CPD portfolio.
BAPAM’s Birmingham Training Day on Saturday 14th May runs from 9.30am to 5pm and will have three core strands:
- The Conservatoire – focusing on student problems and training, rehab after injury etc
- The CBSO – focusing on the orchestral musician
- The Birmingham Royal Ballet- focusing on dance issues
Programme and speakers are being finalised by the Birmingham BAPAM team, made up of Dr Jonathan White and Karen O’Connor. We’ll be covering subjects like:
- Performance Coaching, the Bach to Sport project at the Birmingham Conservatoire, and other student/tutor related issues
- Nutrition & Fitness and the Female Athlete Triad
- Case presentations of some unusual problems e.g. trumpet player with rare embouchure problem, amateur wind player with a Handelian condition, and a pop musician with a neurological event
The Training Day will take place at BVSC, The Centre for Voluntary Action in the Digbeth area of Birmingham.
More detailed information here: Birmingham Bites! Midlands Medicine, Music and Movement and check back for the full programme soon.
There is a CBSO Concert on Saturday night at Symphony Hall starting at 7pm (finishing around 9pm). Karen has negotiated a block of excellent seats in the Upper Circle of Symphony Hall for £14.50 each. But we need to know straight away if you want to book a ticket! Just give Sanchita a call on 020 7404 5888.
RUSSIAN CLASSICS
Andrew Litton conductor Simon Trpceski piano
Prokofiev: War and Peace – Overture 6′
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 32′
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 46′
Tags: Birmingham, CBSO, Concerts, Courses / Training, Dancers, Doctor, Embouchure, Health, Musicians, Orchestra, Performing Arts Medicine, Professional Development, Soundbeam
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Friday, March 4th, 2011
Click on the image for the event flyer.
The London Cello Society‘s Well-being for Cellists workshop takes place on Sunday 13th March 2011 at the Royal Academy of Music. Expert presenters, Katherine Butler (Preventing Hand Injuries), Selma Gocken (Alexander Technique), Erika Klemperer (Psychodynamic Psychotherapy) and Felicity Vincent (Pilates Method) discuss:
How do we play our instrument in harmony with our design?
How can we take advantage of the wonderful natural coordination we possess as human beings?
How can we pass on to our students the knowledge that will prevent injuries?
What are the emotional challenges of our profession and how do they affect our well-being?
The event costs £50 or just £25 for students/concessions with a 25% discount for LCS members.
Click here for more information and to book your place.
Tags: Alexander Technique, Cello, Courses / Training, Education, Ergonomics, Hand Injuries, Health, Injury Prevention, Musicians, Performance, Pilates, Playing Technique, Professional Development, Psychotherapy, Stage Fright
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
Dorethea Magonet, an Alexander Technique teacher on our Directory of Practitioners who works with many music students and performing artists, has just launched her new web site: www.dorotheamagonet.co.uk.
Dorothea offers free consultations and low fee lessons for performing artists who are BAPAM clients. To find out how to arrange this, register with us by calling the clinic on 020 7404 8444.
Tags: Alexander Technique, Health, Musicians, Tuition
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Giovanna Reitano is starting a series of AT classes at BAPAM in London. She sent us the following information about the course, which is tailored specifically for actors, dancers, musicians, singers and all other performing artists:
Enhance your Performance with Autogenic Training
. Learn to Cope with Stress & Relax
. Relieve Muscular & Emotional Tensions
. Reduce Performance Anxiety
. Enhance Concentration & Self Confidence
. Feel Positive & Energized
Autogenic Training Sessions and Courses
The autogenic sessions aim to give artists, professionals and students, the skills for enhancing their performance using their artistic craft in the most effective way. AT helps to prevent and reduce performance anxiety and stress-related discomforts. It also enhances mental clarity, concentration and self-confidence.
The course consists of learning and practicing the autogenic standard exercises which allow the release of physical and emotional tension. By stimulating the body’s self-regulatory system AT fosters a progressive muscular and mental relaxation and supports the healthy functioning of the body’s systems, such as the circulatory, respiratory, gastrointestinal and metabolic.
The autogenic practice allows you to bring your body into a state of ‘awake’ relaxation whenever and wherever needed. In this way your body becomes more energized and you can use physical and mental energy in the most effective way.
By the end of the course you will have developed a calmer attitude when dealing with the negative effects of stress; learned to feel more in control and present – relaxed but awake; as well as focused and energised before, during and after a performance. Individual or small group sessions are available.
Please, read more on AT at www.musarteandmore.com
With: Giovanna Reitano
Date: Individual sessions are by appointment.
Small groups sessions: Evenings (Monday-Thursday) 5:30-6:30 or 6:30-7:30
AT Courses start the first week of each month and include 6 sessions (on weekly basis).
The cost for the 6 week AT course is of £ 140 (£ 110 for students).
Venue: BAPAM
To book an Autogenic Training session or a 6 week course with Giovanna please contact Clare at Bapam: clare@bapam.org.uk
Tel. 020 7404 8444 (Monday-Friday 9 am – 5pm)
Tags: Autogenic Training, Health, performance anxiety, Psychotherapy, Relaxation, Stress, Tuition
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Monday, September 13th, 2010
Autogenic Training (also called Autogenic Therapy) is a relaxation technique that can help improve stress management and increase wellbeing. Individuals learn the technique over a course of (usually 8 – 10) classes. It is a complementary therapy that is sometimes used in conjunction with conventional medical treatment for a variety of health problems, especially where stress is involved.
At our clinics, BAPAM doctors give medical advice to many performers with musculoskeletal injuries (temporarily) preventing their ability to pursue their careers/education. In addition to the physical problem, there is a psychological impact. Being injured is stressful! AT is one way of reducing the stress and tension which can exacerbate the effects of physical injury.
AT can be particularly useful for all forms of anxiety, including performance anxiety (stage fright), and panic attacks. The relaxed state induced by autogenic exercises restores regular heartbeats, normal breathing patterns, and increases concentration clarity and alertness. People report feeling more confident and energised.
Tammy Mindell, an Autogenic Therapist listed on BAPAM’s directory of practitioners, says, ‘a semi-professional singer learnt AT for other stress related issues. As an unexpected bonus, she found her singing greatly improved. She became less anxious about good performance, allowing herself to be good enough. The results meant that rather than over breathing and pushing the sound, I could relax and allow and enjoy a much easier and better quality performance’.
In some cases, advanced autogenic techniques may be used as a form of psychotherapy.
Useful links:
The British Autogenic Society is the professional and regulatory body for Autogenic Therapists in the UK. Their web site contains a wealth of further information about autogenic training.
Autogenic Therapists on the BAPAM Directory of Practitioners:
Tammy Mindel: www.autogenictraininglondon.co.uk
Giovanna Reitano: www.musarteandmore.com
Catalina Botello: www.autogenic-therapy.net
If you are worried about a medical problem, including anxiety or another psychological problem, you should consult your GP. If you are a performing artist and the problem is work-related you may also seek advice from a BAPAM GP at one of our free clinics.
Tags: Actors, Autogenic Therapy, Autogenic Training, Dancers, Health, Musicians, Performance, Psychotherapy, Relaxation, Singers, Stress, Stress Management, Tuition
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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
All performing artists can benefit from improving their posture, poise and wellbeing. Hilary King, an Alexander Technique teacher working with actors, dancers and musicians has organised this introductory workshop and short course, starting on 18th September:
Introductory Workshop and Short Course
In Aid of UNICEF Pakistan Flood Children’s Appeal
£25 Minimum ~ Workshop Fees will be Donated & Added to by Gift Aid
Saturday 18 September ~ 2.0pm – 4.30pm
Small Group max 6 ~ so it is essential to enrol in advance
As the group is small, you will be able to experience some individual hands-on work with an experienced teacher.
- Experiential Games
- Demonstrations and Discussion
- Hands-on Work
- Refreshments Organic / Fairtrade
You will be asked to lie on the floor and to take your shoes off. Please wear loose trousers and comfortable clothing without hoodies.
Reduced rate 1:1 Follow-up Lesson is available to participants
http://www.hilaryking.net/alexander-technique/workshops/
Short Introductory Course ~ £60
Linked to the UNICEF Workshop, which could also form the first session of this
4 week Introductory Course:
Saturdays (18), 25 September, 2, 9 October ~ 2.0 – 4.0pm
A separate fee is required for the extra 3 sessions, which are not part of the fund-raising.
Book Workshop & Course Together ~ £75
(£25 still goes to UNICEF)
This course offers you a cost-effective way to extend your learning of the Technique and is only available to participants of the UNICEF Workshop or a previous Intro Workshop.
Further Information and Booking: www.hilaryking.net
Book Workshop & Course Together ~ £75
(£25 still goes to UNICEF)
Tags: Actors, Alexander Technique, Courses / Training, Dancers, Health, Musicians, Tuition
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