Move well, play well: setting students up for success with performance biomechanics in music teaching (workshop)

Suzanne Wijsman, Bronwen Ackermann

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Abstract

Background
The music community has long seen high performance-related injury rates and poor recovery outcomes in musicians. These health issues can be devastating, sometimes interrupting or ending musicians’ careers (Kok et al., 2015). Although there have been numerous efforts to address this widespread problem, primarily through health promotion in higher education, research has identified factors impeding musicians’ uptake of performance health education including: 1) lack of awareness and reactive attitudes towards performance health by students, who often become engaged only after experiencing a problem; and 2) lack of resources and training for the music educators who oversee student learning and are influential in shaping student attitudes (Norton, 2016). Instrumental and vocal teachers play a crucial role in mitigating health risks for their students, yet they need specific, tailored, evidence-based resources and guidance about how to use them, to be able to do so. This important constituency has been comparatively neglected in health promotion initiatives to date. This workshop emerges from a larger project that aims to address this gap.

Purpose
This workshop is for both instrumental/vocal teachers and attendees interested in musicians’ health and wellness. It will discuss how to translate biomechanical concepts into fundamental posture set-up and well-supported movements on any instrument. It aims to engage attendees in an experiential session from which they will take away evidence-based knowledge and practical strategies for how to apply it.

Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jul 2024
EventISME Instrumental and Vocal Music Teaching Commission & Musicians’ Health and Wellness Special Interest Group Pre-Conference Seminar
- Juvenalia Music School, Espoo, Finland
Duration: 26 Jul 202427 Jul 2024

Conference

ConferenceISME Instrumental and Vocal Music Teaching Commission & Musicians’ Health and Wellness Special Interest Group Pre-Conference Seminar
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityEspoo
Period26/07/2427/07/24

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