Andrea Hughes is an Alexander Technique teacher who has worked as a Production Designer for 25 years. " I understand the mental and physical demands of the media industry on both performers and practitioners. I want to help the people I understand to perform better and feel better".
Andrea has worked with musicians, actors and technicians on issues related to back, neck and wrist pain, shoulder problems and repetitive strain injury. She belongs to the Society of Teachers of Alexander Technique (STAT) and is CNHC registered.
Cathie first had Alexander Technique lessons whilst studying for a diploma in musical directing at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). She found them extremely interesting and beneficial, and after developing R.S.I. through using a computer and playing the piano, she decided to re-train as an A.T. teacher to learn more about what was causing these issues and to eventually help others. She qualified in 2008 from a three year, STAT recognised training course at the Constructive Teaching Centre in London.
Cathie has a music degree, worked as a piano teacher and has played several instruments including the violin, flute and harp. She was Alexander Technique teacher for the European Union Youth Orchestra for five years and she now works with musicians, singers and creative practitioners in schools and colleges and at home.
Dr Alison Loram is an Alexander Technique teacher working extensively with musicians and performers. She has a great deal of experience helping student and professional violinists/viola players with their set up i.e. the interface of the instrument in relation to supporting/playing it. She teaches at Birmingham Conservatoire, RNCM and privately in both Crewe and Birmingham.
Alison qualified as a teaching member of PAAT in 1992 and has been a part-time lecturer in the Alexander Technique at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire since 1993 and a guest-lecturer at the Royal Northern College of Music since 2016.
Trained originally as a professional violinist at the Royal College of Music, Alison was drawn to the Alexander Technique by a persistent musculoskeletal problem specific to violin playing. Much of her teaching involves helping student and professional musicians prevent and overcome performance-related difficulties, and improve their performance and practise.
Following her Alexander Technique training, Alison has been a registered practitioner with the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine since 2008 and has given numerous talks and seminars at conferences and meetings, and in music colleges and university departments, to academics, healthcare professionals and performers alike. With a BSc and PhD in Biological Sciences and a number of years working as a post-doctoral researcher, in 2013, Alison gained an MSc in Performing Arts Medicine from University College London. Her research thesis “Chronic profession-limiting problems in musicians; Underlying mechanisms and neuroplastic routes to recovery”, undertaken with PAAT colleagues and movement scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University, can be found here.
Alison returned to violin playing ten years ago and, based in Crewe, performs as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and freelance orchestral player in the Midlands and the North West of England. She teaches the Alexander Technique to individuals and groups, in person and online.
Details of Alison’s Thesis (“Chronic profession-limiting problems in musicians: Underlying mechanisms and neuroplastic routes to recovery”) can be viewed here.
Her 2017 presentation to the UCL Institute of Education (“Explaining the Alexander Technique to clinicians and scientists”) can be viewed here.
Alexander Technique teacher with experience helping people avoid and manage musculoskeletal injuries and pain. Rehabilitation. Hypermobility. Maintaining stable practice regimes. Woodwind instruments. Guitar. Special interest in performance anxiety and pre-performance nerves. Works at the RWCMD, Cardiff and privately in Bristol.
Jessica Lee Morgan is an Alexander Technique teacher and singer songwriter and recording artist. Jessica has worked with vocalists and instrumentalists on posture training and psychophysical improvement. She can help with issues relating to voice use, preventing performance related pain and overuse/RSI-related problems, stress and anxiety management, and performance wellbeing.
Judith Kleinman is an Alexander Technique teacher and an experienced performer. Having been a freelance musician for forty years, Judith has played with the English National Opera, The City of London Symphony Orchestra, The LSO and more. Judith has taught Alexander Technique for over thirty years at institutions such as The Royal College of Music The Junior Academy of Music and LCATT Alexander Training School. She has delivered a number of Alexander Technique introductory sessions for BAPAM. Judith also teaches yoga and Tai Chi.
Judith works on the approach to understanding of how we are psychophysical as humans and how to approach that understanding with the thinking that leads to emotional intelligence and embodied awareness.
With musicians, she spends some time on working on intelligent practice leading to powerful performance. Understanding and developing a clear body map for movement and playing or singing.
She works with all performers on finding a quiet strength; a quiet mind and an easy body. She likes to give clear strategies and studies for performance confidence as well as everyday life. Working on finding self-acceptance, which leads to self-development whilst developing skills in practice, rehearsal and performance. Judith uses stillness and movement and is particularly interested in having a healthy approach to being calm, confident and coordinated, being able to focus and be present under pressure, not over worry about making mistakes, that is how we learn. Her work also usually involves balancing and recognizing the work, rest and play of life and in learning.
Korina has taught Alexander Technique to many performing arts clients. Teaches at drama colleges including RADA, and works with musicians including Hampshire County Youth Orchestra. Worked with musicians such as pianists and violinists presenting with aches and pains, tension when using voices, and performance anxiety. Several practice locations in Hove and East Sussex.
Hidemi Hatada is a professional soprano singer and harpsichord player, and experienced Alexander Technique teacher working with instrumentalists, singers, actors and dancers. Since 1996 has taught professional and student performers, privately and at institutions in both the UK and Japan. Hidemi teaches at various locations including Pimlico Centre for the Alexander Technique, and the Haelan Centre in Crouch End. She also practices in London N4.
Online and in person Alexander Technique lessons, for performers and instrumentalists. Trained at Royal Ballet School; professional dancer 10 years. BA Psychology. Qualified as Alexander teacher in 1987. Has taught musicians and performers both privately and in colleges. Visiting teacher at LCATT, Alexander Technique teacher training course.
Pete Robinson is an Alexander Technique teacher who has also worked as a professional musician, both as a performer, musical director and piano teacher.
He teaches Alexander Technique at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) as well as privately in Manchester and Stockport.
He is experienced working with varied clients including Vocalists, instrumentalists, desk-based workers, actors and musical theatre performers.
Problems and conditions worked with include unhelpful habits in posture and movement, musculoskeletal disorders, repetitive/overuse injuries, dystonias, balance related issues and anxiety-related problems such as stage fright and excessive tension.
“The Alexander Technique helped me to recover from injury and also to improve the way that I performed as a musician and in many other areas of my life.
I have been fortunate to be able to give lessons, courses and workshops in the technique since graduating. My pupils come from a wide range of careers and interests and I have also specialised in working with musicians. I continue to teach many professional and student musicians from the Jazz, Classical and Popular Music world.”
Serena Woolf is a teacher of Alexander Technique, specialising in voice and breathing, musculoskeletal and chronic pain, neuropathies, joint hypermobility syndromes, chronic fatigue syndromes (CFS/ME type spectrums) and anxiety and stress. She is also an independent researcher in motor control with a particular interest in performing arts.
Her clinical interests include:
- Dystonia
- Polymyalgia, and types of inflammatory and infectious arthritis
- Kyphosis, lordosis, and scoliosis
- Back, neck, shoulder, and pelvic pain
- Persistent migraine
- Post-operative rehabilitation (particularly following musculoskeletal trauma)
- Parkinson’s disease and tremors
- Stress, trauma, and anxiety related disorders
Serena is a trained double bassist who plays the piano and works with musicians, vocalists, actors, dancers and gymnasts. I have an affinity with working with musicians, who are always very receptive to my approach and who respond very well.