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Stepping Up: Beginning Higher Education in the Performing Arts
Taking the next step in your education is a significant achievement, especially when embarking on a degree-level course. After finishing your exams, preparing audition pieces, auditioning for several universities, and practising your skills over the summer, you...
BAPAM Health Resources Pack: Free to Teachers and Educators
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 copies of the...
Staying Healthy While Touring: Edinburgh Festival and Fringe 2023 Guide
Summer is finally here, and for many performers, this means it’s time to get out there and tour. There’s nothing quite like being on the road with like-minded artists and creators. From honing your performances through nightly shows, to taking in some sights, summer...
Poster: “Post” COVID 19 Pandemic Presentations in Performing Arts Medicine: Managing Boundaries and Meeting Need
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 performing artists...
Why Performers Should Frequently Check In With Their Health
Each individual has their own health needs, and everyone’s 'own best health' differs. Within this spectrum of health, as an artist and performer, maintaining your personal optimal condition is essential to giving your best performance. Looking after your mind and body...
Get this Journal Started!
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 benefits? Want to know...
“The Show Must Go On” Mentality & How It Affects Creatives
Have you ever heard anyone utter, “The show must go on?” If you’ve worked in a creative field, you’re probably nodding your head. Whether there’s been a costume malfunction or the set has collapsed, performers and artists are always ready to give their all. However,...
Ed Sheeran Opens Up About Mental Health Struggles
When you see a famous singer performing and smiling with the press, many quickly dismiss the possibility of hidden mental health struggles. However, Ed Sheeran has recently spoken out about his struggles with depression and how he turned to drugs as a coping...
BAPAM, MU, Tonic Rider and YCAT launch mental health month for early career musicians
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), British...
Long Covid Q&A
Collected information following our recent long Covid webinar. If you would like to stay informed about future events please subscribe to our email newsletter. We send approximately one email per month and do not share your email address with anybody else. Useful...
Mike Shipley (1948-2022)
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 natural for him...
PAM Rounds: CPD From UCL Performing Arts Medicine
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 be held...
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