Photo by Matt Forster: thisandmatt.co.uk In our guest blog, Sophie Tott aka DJ Tallulah Goodtimes shares her experience of perimenopause while working as a DJ, producer and artist. In her companion piece to Sophie’s blog Dr June Sheren writes, “As a...
Thanks to Dr June Sheren, for contributing this companion piece to Sophie Tott’s blog sharing her experience of perimenopause as a DJ, Producer and Artist. You can read Sophie’s blog here. Dr Anna Waters has also written a companion piece about performance...
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic has partnered with UK charity Help Musicians to launch ‘A Symphony of Good Sense’, a pioneering new toolkit designed to support the physical health and wellbeing of orchestral musicians. Authored by BAPAM clinician and educator, Dr Sarah...
Did you know that strategies for meeting the psychological demands of your rehearsal schedule, expectations, and performances can also help you avoid physical injury? Our guest blog from Dr Anna Waters this month looks at the role of Performance Psychology in injury...
In the first of our new series of guest blogs, Performance Psychologist, Dr Anna Waters, shares a simple exercise to help performers refocus and achieve their creative goals. New Year resolutions not working? Performance psychology tips can be more effective than New...
We are saddened to announce the death of our trustee and colleague, Ian Winspur, who gave invaluable expertise and wisdom to BAPAM and our patients over many years. As an expert hand surgeon specialising in the care of musicians, Ian was a leader in the development of...
Home » Main News We are thrilled to be celebrating BAPAM’s 40th anniversary in 2024. When the British Performing Arts Medicine Trust was founded in 1984 the vision was for doctors and health experts to work together with artists, researchers and educators to build a...
Home » London Researchers at University College London (UCL) are looking for actors who are working or who have previously worked in the immersive theatre genre to take part in a research study. Participation involves completing an anonymous online survey answering...
Home » Main News For September 2024, the magazine of the British Psychological Society, The Psychologist, turned their focus to Science Communication. For this edition, the article Joined in Dance by BAPAM’s Monia Brizzi (Counselling Psychologist), and Dr...
Home » Archives for 2024 On 18 July, we were delighted to celebrate BAPAM’s 40th anniversary with a special event at the Royal College of Music. Friends and partners from across the performing arts, academic and medical community came together to celebrate four...
Home » Featured As we celebrate our 40th anniversary this year, it is our pleasure to welcome two new patrons to BAPAM – actor and musician, Sheila Atim MBE, and the lead singer of PET NEEDS, Johnny Marriott. They join our existing Patrons, Imogen Cooper, Sir...
Home » Main News Researcher Sarah Gatford has put out a call for freelance professionals musicians in UK-based orchestras, to take part in her investigation into self-care strategies and their impact on wellbeing: Are you an orchestral musician? For my final research...
Home » Main News Protecting Our Performers: Why the Music Industry Needs an Occupational Health Service In the latest edition of MBUK, the leading trade magazine for the UK music business, our CEO Claire Cordeaux wrote about the industry’s need for an...
Home » Main News This June, the Piano Trio Society shared a new article celebrating our 40th anniversary this year and covering the timeline from the 1984 founding, led by Dr Ian James, of the British Performing Arts Medicine Trust, the organisation that is known...
Home » Featured The Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) and British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind resource dedicated to fostering good physical health for backstage practitioners in the...
Home » Main News When it comes to mental health statistics, it’s hard to know if the figures are representative of the true picture, especially as the data only tells us about mental health problems that have been reported, and not the cases that remain unrecognised....
Home » Main News June is a time to unite, celebrate, and share identity Pride. As well as being a time to celebrate love, friendship and solidarity, Pride month is also a chance to raise awareness of the difficulties that LGBTQIA individuals and communities often...
Home » Main News In this guest blog, actor and writer Tahlia Norrish, talks with researcher, lecturer and violinist, Berenice Beverley Zammit about life as a professional musician, pre-performance routines, and the importance of physical fitness for performers....
Home » Featured As we come to the end of Mental Health Awareness Week, BAPAM’s Mental Health Ambassador, Anushka Tanna, highlights The Colour of Madness, an anthology of reflections on race and mental health that has been inspiring her work with BAPAM and our partner...
Home » Main News Today is the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, with this year’s theme being Movement: Moving more for our mental health To mark the week, we wanted to share a reminder about our upcoming mental health workshops with Help Musicians and Equity....
BAPAM is looking to recruit a Lay Member for our External Mental Health Scrutiny Group. What do we mean by a Lay Member? A Lay Member is someone who has personal experience of using health or care services. They may also represent a community affected by the...
Home » Archives for 2024 As we mark our 40th anniversary in 2024, the need for dedicated health support in the performing arts is greater than ever. We are thrilled to be celebrating BAPAM’s 40th anniversary in 2024. When the British Performing Arts Medicine Trust was...
Celebrating our 40th anniversary in 2024, BAPAM will co-chair PAMA’s 42nd international performance arts medicine symposium in London in July We are thrilled to be co-chairing the 42nd Annual PAMA International Symposium in London from 18-21 July. The symposium will...
Home » Creativity Our guest blog this month is by Nicky Torode, a coach, journaling facilitator and writer, who works with BAPAM on healthy practice training. Second month in. How have your 2024 intentions bedded in? Those needs and wants for the year...
Home » Archives for 2024 Emma Risley is a Postgraduate Researcher from the University of Sheffield investigating the wellbeing of professional musical theatre performers in the UK. She is particularly interested in the role that identity plays within performers’...
Home » Research Researcher, Janine Ellis, is exploring the experiences of counsellors and psychotherapists working with clients who are affected by issues of institutional/interpersonal sexism or misogyny in the music industry. It aims to look at how prevalent these...
Home » Orchestra Thanks to Dr June Sheren for contributing this article (adapted from Article for Lay Readership, Performing Arts Medicine Masters Dissertation 2022, UCL). Dr June Sheren is a Family Physician/General Practitioner from Singapore with special interest...
Home » Main News Published in Therapy Today, BAPAM Counselling Psychologist, Monia Brizzi’s article Bridging Mind and Body describes how a complex systems approach helped a musician identify and understand the emotional roots of his physical symptoms. Thank you to...
Home » Main News Anushka Tanna: BAPAM Mental Health Ambassador I think it would be fair to say that stress is something we are all familiar with. Afterall, it is ubiquitous and unavoidable, and something that we will all experience throughout our lifetime. Due to the...
Home » Main News For any Brass and Woodwind players seeking a perfect embouchure, and health professionals working with them, the new Exhibition and associated website created by the British Dental Association (www.bda-porter-embouchure.com) is a must. We are grateful...
Home » Main News During September and October, we are offering a free BAPAM Health Resources pack to UK-based teachers and colleges. Ideal for displaying in classrooms, rehearsal rooms, backstage, and sharing with colleagues and students, the pack contains printed...
Ideal for displaying backstage, BAPAM’s performance anxiety poster shares tips for managing anxiety in the moments before going onstage. About to go on stage and feeling anxious, sick, or have shaky hands? Right now… focus on your breath. Box Breathing can...
Home » Main News BAPAM CEO, Claire Cordeaux presented this poster at the PAMA (Performing Arts Medicine Association) Symposium in New York, July 2023. A downloadable pdf version is available here BAPAM Service BAPAM provides clinical assessment and therapies to...
Home » Main News Our guest blog is by Nicky Torode, a coach, journaling facilitator and writer, who works with BAPAM on healthy practice training. Heard all the buzz about journaling? Perhaps, you’ve started and stopped? How do you journal and really feel the...
Home » Main News Reprising Last Year’s Mental Health Campaign: for the second year running, a group of leading charities launch a mental health campaign for early career musicians. The Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) are partnering with the Musicians’ Union (MU),...
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Home » Main News Dr Michael Edward Shipley, Consultant Rheumatologist, UCHL, BAPAM Mike Shipley, who died on 15 July 2022, had a lifelong interest in music and the performing arts, and as Consultant Rheumatologist at University College Hospital, London, it was...
Home » London PAM Rounds is a new series of face to face events bringing together health professionals and students to discuss performing arts medicine clinical cases. Organised by the UCL MSc Performing Arts Medicine department led by Dr Hara Trouli, PAM Rounds will...
Home » Main News BAPAM’s free face to face clinics around the UK are back up and running. Work or study in the performing arts and have a health problem impacting your practice? We can help. BAPAM provides free, expert clinical advice to musicians, actors,...
Home » Health In his Majesty the King’s New Year Honours List, Peter Leathem has been awarded the honour of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (“OBE”) for services to the music industry. Leathem has been a director of PPL since 2006 and was appointed to the...
Home » Musicians Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual is to be published by Omnibus Press on 23 March 2023 in paperback and eBook. The paperback edition is available to pre-order now at https://touringmanual.com, Omnibus Press have kindly offered...
Bethany Shum is a Physiotherapist, conducting research that explores sources of pain, pain perception and pain self-efficacy among acrobats as part of MSc in Performing Arts Medicine at UCL. Acrobats can contribute by completing an online questionnaire (10-15...
Bethany Dickinson, at Queen Mary University of London, is seeking participants for her research project on the emotional experiences of Musical Theatre graduates during their time at drama school. Bethany is interviewing participants aged 18 and over, who are not...
Researcher, Noudy Eleryan, at Cardiff University is investigating methods that musicians use to manage their playing-related pains, aches and injuries. Proficient instrumental musicians (e.g., an amateur, a hobbyist, or a professional musician) or university-level...
First ever clinical placement in performing arts medicine: a ‘massively exciting project, with a global reach’ Throughout the 2022 Commonwealth games, BAPAM Physiotherapists worked with Physiotherapy students from the University of Birmingham to look after...
Three-quarters of performers and creators experience health problems that impact their work, ranging from minor inconveniences to career-limiting conditions. Many of these conditions could be prevented by healthy practice. P.E.R.F.O.R.M.A.N.C.E highlights some of the...
Event organisers, Dr Naomi Norton (Associate Lecturer in Music Education and Musicians’ Health and Wellness Coordinator at the University of York) and Sheryl Doe (Dispensing Optician, Allegro Optical), report on the ‘Visual Health in the Performing...
Social media is so much part of our everyday lives. For artists and creators, social media can feel essential for promoting your work, building or presenting your artistic ‘identity’, staying up to date with collaborators, jobs, labels, promoters, agents,...
In a performing arts medicine first, coordinated by BAPAM physiotherapist, Dr Sarah Upjohn, and Judith Coe of the University of Birmingham School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, BAPAM physiotherapists are overseeing support for performers at the...
We advise all patients seeking diagnostic assessments for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to access these via the NHS in the first instance. Follow up treatment, if required, is generally provided by the NHS and...
We are delighted to announce that thanks to the hard work of BAPAM GP and Ulster Orchestra medical adviser, Dr Christine Hunter-Lavery, we start our face to face performing arts medicine clinic in Belfast this month. The monthly clinic offers specialist performance...
Are you a musician aged 18 or over? Do you use, or have you used beta-blockers for performance anxiety? Would you like to take part in a research project and receive a £10 Amazon voucher? Researchers at University College London (UCL) are recruiting...
BAPAM-registered chartered physiotherapist Dominique Royle sent us her recent article which explores the management of playing-related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD) in musicians. First published in In Touch 178 (spring 2022), which focused on occupational health,...
Hannah Dsouza, a Manchester based specialist physiotherapist who is currently researching for an MSc in Advanced Physiotherapy at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is looking for UK based music conservatoire students to participate in her project, The...
Thursday 7 July, University of York, Department of Music Dr Naomi Norton, Allegro Optical and BAPAM present an event bringing together performing artists, clinicians, medical device manufacturers, and arts health and wellbeing organisations. Performing artists have...
Serena Paese is a PhD student at the University of York conducting research on the use of meditation as a tool to counteract music performance anxiety. Serena is recruiting participants for a study on the effects of meditation on music performance and music...
Home » Archives for 2022 Mental health support from BAPAM and Dance Professionals Fund Eligible dance professionals can now access up to 6 sessions of free counselling, funded by Dance Professionals Fund and provided by BAPAM’s expert performing arts-specialist...
Working in the performing arts is physically and psychologically demanding. There is a high risk of encountering health problems but proven techniques and strategies can help you keep well and achieve your creative goals. BAPAM have years of experience working with...
Painsong: A narrative study of career-changing injury and illness in elite professional dancers, with implications for clinicians Researcher, Jeremy Leslie-Spinks, is looking for former professional dancers whose careers were ended or radically changed by injury or...
Healthcare for Injured Pianists – Invitation to a research project David Harvey is researching pianists’ views and experiences of access to healthcare for injuries that limit playing. David is a professional pianist and final year trainee Osteopath at the...
Are you a professional singer or voice user in Northern Ireland with a voice problem requiring a specialist clinical assessment? BAPAM, the medical charity that provides specialist medical assessments and advice to professional and student performing artists,...
Picture: Evelyn Glennie by Jim Callaghan For the first in a new series of articles on maintaining our own best health, solo percussionist (and BAPAM patron) Dame Evelyn Glennie spoke with us about looking after mind and body while managing the pressures of global...
Our guest blog is from yoga teacher and flautist Veronika Klirova who joins our Community Drop In on 1 February teaching Musicians’ Yoga to Manage Anxiety. Nearly eight years ago, I started a new job at one of the symphony orchestras in the UK. I was fresh out of...
The British Association for Performing Art Medicine (BAPAM) is seeking an Executive Medical Director for 2 days a week (Monday essential) to support our growing clinical service for performing artists. A unique national CQC-registered charity, our purpose is to look...
Are you currently a conservatoire student in the U.K. or Ireland? Have you experienced playing-related pain? Claire Austen, a Msc in Psychology student at the University of East London, is investigating the effects of a musician-specific exercise programme on...
Aparna Ramachandran is a PhD researcher at City, University of London, a trained Indian Classical singer, and a Speech and Language Therapist specialised in singers’ voices. She is conducting research into “Self-reported voice problems and coping...
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor of Applied Performance Science Research at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Applications are to be reviewed in early December 2021. Information for...
With their first Musicians’ Injury Awareness Week taking place 15 – 21 November, classical music podcast Things Musicians Don’t Talk About focus on musicians’ stories of how health challenges affect their lives within our arts spaces and culture. In...
Submissions on musicians’ and performing artists’ health and performance are invited to the conference, Musicians’ and Performing Artists’ health and performance Integrating body and mind (MHPC22), in Oslo 22–24 September 2022. The MHPC22 will be a...
Produced with Dr Finola Ryan (Specialist Registrar in Occupational Medicine and UCL Performing Arts Medicine MSc graduate), our new infographic looks into three levels of hearing-related health, providing guidance on how to prevent hearing problems, as well as what...
Course name: The Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Singer Date: Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 November 2021 Venue: BVA@home online event Details: Singers, singing teachers and voice health professionals with an interest in the CCM performer’s voice and work cannot miss...
Performance Consultant, professional violinist and PhD candidate at the Royal College of Music, Berenice Beverley Zammit is researching instrumental musicians’ health through the Fit Musician Survey. Read on for more information on taking part…...
BAPAM joins discussions about musicians’ support needs and services in Northern Ireland throughout a packed programme at Sound Of Belfast, taking place 4 – 18 November. The event combines live music with online and in person conversations and panels celebrating the...
You must be a PRS member to register for this event. You can register for multiple events in this series here: Creativity and Well-being Workshops Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite As part of PRS for Music’s On with the Show campaign, BAPAM and PRS Members’ Fund...
In our guest blog, Osteopath and former professional ballet dancer, Toby Pollard-Smith, considers his journey from dance to healthcare, and strategies for working collaboratively with performing artists to solve problems. Who am I and how did I get here? I am an...
On 12 – 13 August, BAPAM joined Scotland’s music convention, Wide Days, as a charity partner. 200 delegates from 23 countries around the world took part. We were delighted to share essential knowledge for healthy and sustainable creative careers in presentations...
Virtual 3-day conference: 3-5th September 2021. BAPAM is very proud to be hosting a wonderful panel of experts in vocal health this week at the British Voice Association Choice for Voice Conference. The theme of the conference is ‘Crossing Boundaries in...
Performance specialist physiotherapist Lucie Rayner, looks at hypermobility in the context of the unique physical demands placed on the musculoskeletal system by playing a musical instrument, and introduces strategies for hypermobile musicians to help mitigate the...
Researcher, Paula Andrade is recruiting physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors with experience of working with dancers for a qualitative study looking to broaden knowledge and improve healthcare for this underrepresented population. The study will form part of...
BAPAM was very well represented at the PAMA symposium this year with no less than 6 presentations by BAPAM Practitioners and staff. Health Promotion Claire Cordeaux (BAPAM CEO) and Dr Pippa Wheble (GP Assessor and Trainer/Facilitator of our online Community Drop In...
Most performers and many other workers in the performing arts are freelance and will be working in many different environments as we return to work following the COVID-19 lockdown. The environment you will be working in will be doing their own risk assessment, but if...
A research team at the School of Psychology at Queen’s University-Belfast are conducting a project to examine the physical and psychological aspects of being a professional, working-age (18-65) orchestral musician in the UK or Ireland and how they interfere with daily...
If you are over the age of 18 and work as a dance freelancer, you may be eligible to participate in this research study. This is a collaborative research project between the University of Birmingham, One Dance UK and the National Institute of Dance Medicine &...
In 2017 Vocal Rehabilitation Coach, Dane Chalfin, highlighted to BAPAM the benefit of singing rehabilitation coaches as part of the multidisciplinary team in specialist Voice Clinics which treat professional singers. At the time, there were a very few singing...
Countertenor, teacher and LGBTQ+ advocate, Alexander Pullinger, was awarded a bursary by Sound Connections to research a pressing issue within classical singing, one that has profound health implications for the performing arts and society as a whole. Singing is well...
Mental health is complex, and mental ill-health varies from performance anxiety, generalised anxiety and depression to more complex, enduring or acute conditions. There is no “one size fits all” solution. Mental health support for musicians BAPAM provides mental...
Tanja Roos, researching at The University of Sussex Psychology School, is looking for performing arts professionals (including students), aged 18 or over, and based in the UK to fill out a 15-minute survey into their mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic. The...
BAPAM join Elevate Music Podcast to explore how musicians can prepare for a return to live performance after a break In this final episode of the current series of the excellent Elevate Music Podcast, musician Lauren Aquilina talks about her experience of returning to...
Written by Dr Damon Murgatroyd MB ChB FLCOM, Osteopath, Dip MS Med Dr Damon Murgatroyd is a Fellow of the London College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he is a member of the education faculty and is a technique tutor there. He has worked in general practice and...
Home » Archives for 2021 BAPAM Flexible Spine – Community Drop In Sitting for extensive periods of time at our computers and practicing more often now that lockdown restrictions are easing goes hand in hand with putting extra strain on the spine. This may...
PhD candidate, lecturer and trained actor, Julia Grieshofer, researches actors’ mental health at UCL. From June 2021/22, she joins the UCL MSc in Performing Arts Medicine team to lead the Psychology module on this programme, which over the past 10 years has grown into...
PhD candidate, lecturer and trained actor, Julia Grieshofer, researches actors’ mental health at UCL. From June 2021/22, she joins the UCL MSc in Performing Arts Medicine team to lead the Psychology module on this programme. Recently, she was invited as a speaker on...
In part 4 of our article series covering aspects of returning to performance environments, and building up work schedules and routines in the light of the COVID 19 pandemic and lockdowns, Dr Naomi Brecker, Consultant Occupational Physician, considers the vital role of...
In this blog, Dr Sarah Upjohn EdD MA MCSP, Specialist Performing Arts Physiotherapist, looks at how programme planning, including choice of repertoire, is important for instrumental musicians returning to or building up performance. In my work as a physiotherapist...
Part 3 of our article series covering aspects of returning to performance environments and building up work schedules and routines in the light of the COVID 19 pandemic and lockdowns. BAPAM Physiotherapist Lucie Rayner looks at injury prevention for dancers, and...
The first few months of 2021 have been one of the busiest times in BAPAM’s history of clinical services. Rising mental health problems, preparing to return to busier work schedules and environments, plus difficulties accessing NHS services mean more people need...
This article by BAPAM Physiotherapist, Lucie Rayner, is the second in our series covering aspects of returning to performance environments, and building up work schedules and routines in the light of the COVID 19 pandemic and lockdowns. We will update the article...
The global pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption to our lives over the last year. To protect public health and reduce disease transmission, we have endured stay-at-home orders and strict quarantines. Those who work in the Performing arts industry have been...
Long COVID is an umbrella term that describes a cluster of symptoms related to an initial COVID infection where symptoms persist after the acute infection phase. It appears that Long COVID can affect the whole body including the respiratory, cardiovascular,...
This guest blog is written by PhD candidate, lecturer and trained actor Julia Grieshofer. Her research at University College London focuses on actors’ mental health and their resilience. Julia, after completing a BA in Performing Arts and Digital Communication...
Participants are being sought to take part in a research study looking at the prevalence of substance use amongst working musicians. Anyone interested in taking part is being asked to fill in a questionnaire. The study forms part of PhD student Jeordie Shenton’s...
By Dr Charlie Easmon Performers may be perfectionists and perfectionists are more prone to mental health problems and included in this are eating disorders. In at least 50% of people with eating disorders there is an existing mental health disorder of depression or...
This exciting 12-part webinar series has been carefully curated to focus on specific areas that can affect musicians’ health during their careers. Each session brings together specialist practitioners who are experts in their field of performing arts medicine. It is...
Written by journalist and author Rhian Jones and vocal and performance coach & musicians’ health specialist Lucy Heyman, Sound Advice is a health-focused career guide for musicians working in the popular music industry. It features research-informed advice and...
Researcher, lecturer and musician, Dr Naomi Norton’s paper ‘Considering musicians’ health and wellness literature through the lens of the Behaviour Change Wheel’ was published in the Journal of Music, Health, and Wellbeing in Autumn 2020. Naomi completed a PhD...
To help artists and creative practitioners during the COVID-19 outbreak, BAPAM-Registered Alexander Technique teacher Cathie Kidger offers two free online Constructive Rest sessions a week. Cathie told us, people have been hugely appreciative and said it helped to...
The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) is recruiting a Clinical Lead Mental Health for a project in partnership with Help Musicians which provides counselling/psychotherapy support to musicians. BAPAM is building on our successful long term...
A few of BAPAM’s clinicians have been featured in a new series of Healthy Performer films put together by The Healthy Conservatoires Network (HCN). The organisation which aims to support environments that promote and enhance the health and wellbeing of performing...
As Christmas approaches and many offices including our own close for a few days to end 2020, we are very much aware that the need for mental health support amongst performers won’t change. Indeed at BAPAM during the course of this year we have seen a big...
Participants invited to take part in survey Anna Detari is a professional flautist and PhD researcher at the University of York, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Her research primarily looks at the previously unexplored links between psychosocial...
BAPAM’s new bursary scheme, in partnership with Help Musicians and PPL, provides support, funding and supervised placements for Black, Asian and minority ethnic performers and professionals in the music industry to undertake training to become a registered...
Before becoming a counsellor, Denise Devenish grew up in a family steeped in the music industry and has been surrounded by musicians and people who work in the music industry her whole life. She has sung professionally, worked as a performer, and has a degree in arts...
Home » Archives for 2020 BAPAM (the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine) has launched a new bursary scheme to improve cultural competence in therapy for individuals from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities working in the UK music industry. The...
The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) is the largest provider of performing arts medicine in the UK. In the last year we have doubled the amount of health education we provide to support performance professionals to avoid health problems that...
A vital element of our mission at BAPAM is supporting the development of clinical standards for healthcare in the arts, and sharing expertise with clinicians, healthcare and education professionals who support performers and creative practitioners. Although we miss...
Researcher Lisa Wetzlmair is studying Cardiovascular and pulmonary disease risk, health beliefs and knowledge among performing musicians and music students. She is hoping this demographic can help support the study by taking part in an online survey which has ethics...
Singers, instrumentalists, actors and performance professionals throughout the arts are understandably worried when they experience hearing problems, and often contact BAPAM with concerns about their ability to perform and work. If you read this article and take one...
Over this lockdown period, as an additional support for creative practitioners with mental health concerns, BAPAM piloted offering a short online group therapy programme. Following these sessions, we spoke with Dr Tamara Karni Cohen, a GP and BAPAM Assessing...
We have been offering three monthly sessions on “Keeping mentally well”, “ Preventing Injury” and “Vocal Health” since March. These have been very well attended online and we plan to continue to provide these for free in to 2021. BAPAM sent an evaluation form to the...
The webinar on the afternoon of 14 October 2020 was chaired by Dr Rickard Moen, the International Chair of the Society of Occupational Medicine, in conjunction with BAPAM. He started off the event by saying that culture is a hugely important part of our society, which...
Participants at our Community Drop-in have spoken about the difficulty of finding the motivation to create new work during the COVID-19 outbreak and our facilitator Dr Pippa Wheble programmed a session on creative practice as a means of thinking about and developing...
BAPAM training events are a key resource for healthcare and education professionals. We explore key topics in current performing arts medicine practice and share unique insights into performance health and wellbeing. The approach is multidisciplinary: physiological...
Creative Minds and Mental Health or Keeping Mentally Well was the title of my discussion as a Panelist for BAPAM’s Healthy Practice Series in August 2020. Who am I to be asked to be a Panelist discussing such a topic? A fellow creative (Actress, Writer, West End...
This Thursday, 17th September, BAPAM GP, Dr Tamara Karni Cohen, joins Mig Burgess of the Association of British Theatre Technicians for a Facebook Live panel session with the Mandy Network centred on mental health in the creative industries. Tamara and Mig will...
This list of frequently asked questions covers some of the key issues around returning to performance work after Covid-19 lockdown, but if you have other queries, please email them to info@bapam.org.uk with the subject Risk Assessment and we will put them to our team...
Home » Main News This week’s blog draws on some helpful messages from our Community Drop-in which has been running over summer as part of our training and education programme. In the early sessions, some participants mentioned that they were struggling to find the...
We at BAPAM are very fortunate to have an extensive list of health professionals on our Practitioners Directory, all of whom are experienced in helping creative professionals with health problems related to their work. The list contains over 200 health professionals...
Our Community Drop-in has been running all summer, facilitated by Dr Pippa Wheble and we’ve been delighted to have over 130 participants to date. Each participant has a copy of our Healthy Practice Diary and is encouraged to set goals and to use the sessions to...
We would like to offer our condolences and thanks to the family of actor, Luke Westlake, who are fundraising for BAPAM in Luke’s memory. These donations make a very real difference to our service, helping us to provide clinical consultations to performers with...
Our Summer 2020 Newsletter is now available to read online. This edition features: Free Online Healthy Practice Training Sessions and Community Drop-in Covid-19 Advice Anxiety Management BAPAM 2019 Annual Review Updated Factsheets Articles and Press You can read all...
The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) is a highly regarded specialist charity supporting health in the performing arts through free clinical services, expert training, essential resources and clinical leadership. Our Directory lists...
Home » Main News A unique and interactive theatre production which promises to challenge, test and help the audience uncover secrets about themselves starts today. The Labyrinth Project is a 7-day digital experience where viewers navigate through a maze full of twists...
In this guest blog, BAPAM counsellor and therapist, Fiona Macbeth, offers practical advice for arts workers experiencing anxiety about work during the Covid 19 pandemic. There’s a lot that people who work and create in the performing arts could be doing, and should...
Home » Main News Cathie Kidger, who is a BAPAM Registered Alexander Technique teacher, is offering free 30 minute Alexander Technique Zoom sessions to help artists and creative practitioners during the current pandemic. Cathie first had Alexander Technique lessons...
Whatever your style of singing and whatever your repertoire, you should take a holistic approach to your practising and performing. Our Fit to Sing! factsheet covers 12 tried and tested tips for healthy singing and has been updated for 2020. We are grateful to Millie...
Home » Dance This list of frequently asked questions covers some of the key issues around returning to performance work after Covid-19 lockdown, but if you have other queries, please email them to info@bapam.org.uk with the subject Risk Assessment and we will put them...
The go-to resource for musicians preparing to perform, our new and improved Don’t Cramp Your Style: Warm-Up Exercises for Musicians factsheet is now available online. These essential tips and warm up exercises for musicians are designed to prepare you for...
Our weekly sessions started at the beginning of June and are designed to help performing artists to set goals and stick to healthy practice routines. It includes new techniques and strategies to help maintain mental and physical health now and into the future. Book...
Healthy Practice Community Drop In – supporting you to develop and sustain your healthy practice as a performing artist Knowing what you should do to keep healthy is one thing, adopting healthy practice as routine in your life is another. It can be hard to...
For more information contact claire.cordeaux@bapam.org.uk As lockdown eases and students and professionals start to return to work and study, institutions will need, in addition to their health and safety responsibilities, to assess the level of fitness to work and...
During the current social distancing period, we are pleased to be working with Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Dr Sidrah Muntaha, and GP, Dr Tamara Cohen, to offer free online group therapy for mild to moderate anxiety. This 6 session programme is for performance...
