Participants will also learn practice techniques to encourage a more holistic learning process, striving for injury prevention, performance preparation, and enhancement of overall musicianship. This information is pertinent for teachers, performers, and health care providers. The faculty and participants will discuss each performer s posture, instrument positioning, playing technique, and instrument adjustments. An anatomical overview of both static and dynamic posture. The emphasis will be on efficient biomechanical movement of the musculoskeletal system involved in musical performance, with practical examples.
Musicians can have their performance postures videotaped and analyzed.
Each session will provide experiential insights into the Alexander Technique, a learning and unlearning process designed to develop conscious awareness. As we discover how we use or unconsciously misuse ourselves, we become active participants in our own well-being, including our responses to stress and injury. Awareness of how we are moving as we move allows us to make more thoughtful choices, thereby affecting our ability to function with ease and freedom. The care and prevention of back pain. Splinting An introduction to splinting, including the use of thermoplastic materials and actual splint fabrication.