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- Training Days
The next BAPAM Training Day takes place at Kings College London on Saturday 14th November 2009. Topics include applied anatomy of instrumental playing, focussing on violin and keyboard, and the theory underpinning voice therapy and the effect on the professional voice of prescribed and non-prescribed drugs.
The full schedule is here: BAPAM Training Day Schedule 141109
For more information please contact Sanchita Farruque - sanchita@bapam.org.uk or call 020 7404 5888.
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- Induction Days
Our induction days are an introduction for practitioners and specialists, teachers, and anyone else who is interested in the scope of BAPAM's work. They are held at BAPAM's offices in London and are free of charge to participants (lunch is not provided).
The date of the next induction day is
Friday 16th October.
To find out more and book your place, please contact Clare Hicks: clare@bapam.org.uk
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- International Symposium on Performance Science
Organised by the Royal College of Music's Centre for Performance Science, the 2007 symposium was entitled 'Theories, Methods and Applications in Music'.
Researchers and practitioners at every level were invited to submit papers on work exploring the interface between skilled artistry and scientific discovery.
The proceedings are now available online. Click here to access this fascinating archive.
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- Musicians Play Through The Pain
From the Sunday Times Online, November 1st 2009:
Musicians Play Through The Pain
Dr Juliet Bressan, our doctor in Dublin, talks to
Gabrielle Monaghan
about BAPAM, dystonia,
and a new specialist musicians' clinic at
St Vincent’s hospital.
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- Classical Music magazine
BAPAM received some very good press in the August 2009 issue of Classical Music magazine. Cover feature, Injury Time, by Johanna McWeeney, includes an interview with BAPAM's Health Promotion Officer, Sanchita Farruque, about healthy practice and injury prevention.
Previous references to BAPAM in Classical Music include articles from November 2007 (beta blockers) and April 2008 (musicians’ hearing). Here's a link to the the beta blockers piece:
Bottling it
For many musicians, the pressures of appearing on stage or working in the pit are difficult to take without a little pharmaceutical help. John Robert Brown takes a look at the stage fright movement.
Download 'Bottling it' article [6,336KB pdf file].
To see a copy of the article on musicians’ hearing (26th April 2008 edition), contact the publisher, Rhinegold on 020 7333 1720
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- BMJ Careers Focus
The BMJ Careers Focus published an article about BAPAM on 3rd November 2007. You can read the article on the BMJ website: 'Is there a doctor in the house? Ruth Hansford reviews the role of a charity providing medical support for musicians and artists'.
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- Healthy Dancers training day
Dancers' injuries, overview of dance science, medical pharmacology of performers, and complimentary treatments.
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- Core Issues training day
Health and Safety issues affecting performers, hearing protection (especially with reference to recent Noise at Work regulations) and core stability.
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- Psychological Issues training day
Addictions, eating disorders, performance anxiety etc. Therapeutic approaches. Performers' perspectives.
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- Heads and Necks training day
Diverse conference covering everything from the cervical spine upwards: eyes, ears, nose and throat, faces and jaws, headaches and migraines.
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- Dystonia training day
The science of dystonia, instrument-specific dystonias. Available treatments. Performing artists' experiences of dystonia.
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