Musicians' health and wellbeing webinar series to run until June
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
The series is run jointly by the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine and the Royal Society of Musicians
The 12-part series focuses on specific areas that can affect musicians' health during their careers.
Each brings together specialist practitioners who are experts in their field of performing arts medicine.
It is hoped that these workshops will allow musicians to understand health problems that may arise, how they can be prevented, and the support available should they need it.
Each session is free but spaces are limited.
Royal Society of Musicians (RSM) chief executive Charlotte Penton-Smith said: 'Funded by RSM, this series addresses subjects that can affect all those in the profession, such as hearing health, performance anxiety and pain management, as well as looking at more specific areas including physical health for string and woodwind players and vocal health for singers.
'We have been delighted to be able to offer this series of free webinars to the profession. With BAPAM’s medical expertise, this series provides an extremely effective way of offering specialist advice and guidance to musicians throughout the UK, during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. In addition, it is also increasing awareness of the work of both RSM and BAPAM, enabling us to continue to provide vital assistance to the profession, at times when it is needed the most.'
Thereafter, the sessions run as follows:
17th February – Managing Musicians’ Pain
10th March – Physical Health for Woodwind and Brass
17th March – Playing on the Edge – A Guide for Orchestral Musicians
14th April – Musicians’ Posture
28th April – Neurodiversity with Attitude is Everything
12th May – Physical Health for String Players
19th May – Mental Practice Skills: A Performance Psychologist Approach
9th June – Hypermobility
16th June – Musicians’ Hands
For more information and to sign up click here.