Review
'Musicians put enormous strain on various parts of their bodies and this book will help you be alert to things which may go wrong and to how to put them right. Musicians and music students of all ages will find in this book a mine of information about how to get in shape and stay in shape'. --Barry Ife, Principal, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK.
Product Description
Musicians suffer greatly from industry-related injury and illness, and many of these problems are established during student days or even before. This affects all forms of music-making from classical through jazz and rock to traditional folk. Hearing damage is of serious concern in most forms of music-making, but the most stressful situations and the most physical damage is recorded in the practice of classical music. The long hours of practice at the beginning of a musician's career are the main source of problems that sometimes only reveal themselves in later life.This book is aimed equally at student musicians, practising musicians, and instrumental and vocal teachers, and it aims to help them to begin to understand how and why their bodies function as they do when they perform and also how they may avoid professionally related illness or injury and achieve the highest standards of performance.The principal author, Dr Jaume Rosset i Llobet, is a medical expert and an internationally acclaimed researcher on the subject. He is the Director of a Centre for the Physiology of The Arts in Terrassa, Catalonia, one of the few clinics in the world to which musicians, dancers and performing artists can go for assessment and treatment. The book provides examples and references to the health of musicians covering a wide range of musical genres based on current research, practice and treatment. As well as physiological exposition, copiously illustrated with medical and humorous diagrams, the book covers ergonomics, risk factors, posture, breathing, matters of diet and accommodation of professional needs in daily life.
From the Back Cover
Musicians suffer greatly from industry-related injury and
illness, and many of these problems are established during student days or
even before. This affects all forms of music-making from classical through
jazz and rock to traditional folk. Hearing damage is of serious concern in
most forms of music-making, but the most stressful situations and the most
physical damage is recorded in the practice of classical music. The long
hours of practice at the beginning of a musician's career are the main
source of problems that sometimes only reveal themselves in later life.
This book is aimed equally at student musicians, practising musicians, and
instrumental and vocal teachers, and it aims to help them to begin to
understand how and why their bodies function as they do when they perform
and also how they may avoid professionally related illness or injury and
achieve the highest standards of performance.
The principal author, Dr Jaume Rosset i Llobet, is a medical expert and an
internationally acclaimed researcher on the subject. He is the Director of
a Centre for the Physiology of The Arts in Terrassa, Catalonia, one of the
few clinics in the world to which musicians, dancers and performing artists
can go for assessment and treatment. The book provides examples and
references to the health of musicians covering a wide range of musical
genres based on current research, practice and treatment. As well as
physiological exposition, copiously illustrated with medical and humorous
diagrams, the book covers ergonomics, risk factors, posture, breathing,
matters of diet and accommodation of professional needs in daily life.
About the Author
Dr Jaume Rosset i Llobet is a medical expert and an internationally acclaimed researcher on the subject. He is the Director of a Centre for the Physiology of The Arts in Terrassa, Catalonia, one of the few clinics in the world to which musicians, dancers and performing artists can go for assessment and treatment. Professor George Odam is Head of Research at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK.
