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.
Violinists and viola players – would you like to find out more about how to optimise your playing?
Postgraduate student and violinist, Dr Alison Loram, is looking for student, professional and amateur violinists and viola players for her study.
The study, in collaboration with University College London and Manchester Metropolitan University, aims to understand more about the neuromuscular aspects of playing the violin/viola, and the effects that these may have upon musculoskeletal and other playing-related problems.
Alison believes that violinists and viola players taking part will benefit from the insights gained: “You will have the opportunity to see how your neck and shoulder muscles are involved in holding and playing your instrument, the bodily movements you make, and how these may be optimised to enhance your playing and reduce/prevent muscular tension”.
The study is open to any student, professional or experienced amateur (regardless of whether or not you have playing-related problems), and will involve attending one individual 2-hour session during May, July/August or September. The confidential session (to be held at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester City Centre near to the Royal Northern College of Music), will involve standing and playing your instrument for very short periods whilst your muscular activity and movements are recorded and analysed using ultrasound scanning and movement analysis equipment. No preparation is required.
Participation is voluntary and you can leave the research at any time. If you agree to participate in the study, you will be given a detailed information sheet and a consent form.
For further details or to sign up for the study, please contact Dr Alison Loram directly by emailing alison@loram8.freeserve.co.uk
Please share this article amongst any family, friends or colleagues you think may be interested in participating.
Note: This research project is not being conducted by BAPAM. The project has official ethics approval from UCL (University College of London) and is covered by UCL’s data protection protocol.
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
Guitarist, Tom Hunt, will swim a mile across the Thames as part of the Great London Swim 2012 to raise money for BAPAM.
I developed a shoulder injury that temporarily ended my music career and stopped me from being able to play the guitar. It wasn’t until I discovered BAPAM a year later that I found specialists capable of helping me recover.
One of the pieces of advice I received from BAPAM’s physiotherapist was to stay active and keep in good shape. This is why I’ve decided to take part in the Great London Swim 2012.
Can you help support BAPAM by sponsoring Tom? It couldn’t be easier. Take a look at this JustGiving page to make a donation:
Thanks Tom!
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
These one day performance workshops for singers at both good amateur and professional level, who wish to improve their existing vocal and performance skills, provide a stimulating and creative environment in which to explore solo and group work. Highly Recommended!
Ian MacDonald is a singer and specialist voice coach for BAPAM.
VoiceSkills; an Ian MacDonald and Sef Hill collaboration.
See website for full details and how to book: www.voiceskills.org.uk
The Classical Voice
The Lady Chapel, St Peter’s Church, Kennington Lane SE11 5HY – 0790 4691850
10am – 5pm, Saturday, 18th September 2010 – Booking NOW!
10am – 5pm, Saturday, 15th January 2011
10am – 5pm, Saturday, 16th April 2011
The Musical Theatre Voice
The Concert Artistes’ Association, 20 Bedford Street, London WC2E 9HP – 0790 469 1850
10am – 5pm, Sunday, 10th October 2010 – Booking NOW!
10am – 5pm, Sunday, 23rd January 2011
10am – 5pm, Sunday, 10th April 2011
Want free advice on injury prevention and hearing protection from a world class musician?
Janet Horvath, the associate principal cello of the Minnesota Orchestra, author of the book, Playing (Less) Hurt -An Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians, and long time member of the Performing Arts Medical Association, contacted BAPAM to tell us about her imminent Playing(Less)Hurt seminar.
The Minnesota Orchestra is performing at the Proms and while in London, Janet will be giving one of her seminars on injury prevention and hearing protection.
The workshop will take place at the Westminster Reference Library of the Performing Arts on Friday August 27th, 2:00 to 4:00 pm, 35 St Martins St. London WC2H 7HP (Leicester Square Tube).
The seminar is pertinent to all instrumentalists in any genre and at any level, and the teachers and health professionals who work with them.
The talk is free and open to the public. For more information please see Janet Horvath’s website.
Sanchita, BAPAM’s Health Promotion in Music officer, is lauching her debut solo album, Life Drawings, with a launch party at Cargo in London on 21st July. As well as working with us here, Sanchita is a professional singer, who has performed with Nitin Sawhney, Trilok Gurtu and BadMarsh&Shri. Sanchita will play with a full band featuring Swati Natekar. Support comes from Acer Maple, Jonathan Whiskerd and Selvin Thomas, plus DJ Jutla (Shaanti) and Animat DJs.
Wednesday 21st July 2010
Cargo
83 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3AY
£6 in advance and £8 on the door.
Check the Cargo website for more info and to purchase tickets – or follow this link:
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=388544&referral_id=tw_uk_buyat
You can also view the event on facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129514337065309&ref=mf
More info on Sanchita can be viewed on her website: www.sanchita.com
To mark the 170th birthday of the great Russian composer, the LGSO presents a concert dedicated entirely to the work of Tchaikovsky.
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been invited to give a short presentation about BAPAM, and the orchestra will be collecting donations on our behalf.
The concert takes place at St. John’s Church, Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8TY.
Details/booking information here: http://www.lgso.org.uk/concerts.aspx
