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BAPAM, MU, Tonic Rider and YCAT launch mental health month for early career musicians
Reprising Last Year’s Mental Health Campaign: for the second year running, a group of leading charities launch a mental health campaign for early career musicians. The Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) are partnering with the Musicians’ Union...
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Mike Shipley (1948-2022)
Dr Michael Edward Shipley, Consultant Rheumatologist, UCHL, BAPAM Mike Shipley, who died on 15 July 2022, had a lifelong interest in music and the performing arts, and as Consultant Rheumatologist at University College Hospital, London, it was...
PAM Rounds: CPD From UCL Performing Arts Medicine
PAM Rounds is a new series of face to face events bringing together health professionals and students to discuss performing arts medicine clinical cases. Organised by the UCL MSc Performing Arts Medicine department led by Dr Hara Trouli, PAM Rounds...
Peter Leathem, PPL CEO and Chair of the BAPAM Board of Trustees awarded OBE
In his Majesty the King’s New Year Honours List, Peter Leathem has been awarded the honour of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (“OBE”) for services to the music industry. Leathem has been a director of PPL since 2006 and was appointed to...
Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual
Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual is to be published by Omnibus Press on 23 March 2023 in paperback and eBook. The paperback edition is available to pre-order now at https://touringmanual.com, Omnibus Press have kindly offered...
Research: Acrobat Participants Wanted
Bethany Shum is a Physiotherapist, conducting research that explores sources of pain, pain perception and pain self-efficacy among acrobats as part of MSc in Performing Arts Medicine at UCL. Acrobats can contribute by completing...
Research: Emotional Experiences of Training in Musical Theatre at Drama school.
Bethany Dickinson, at Queen Mary University of London, is seeking participants for her research project on the emotional experiences of Musical Theatre graduates during their time at drama school. Bethany is interviewing...
Research: Are You a Musician Playing Through Pain?
Researcher, Noudy Eleryan, at Cardiff University is investigating methods that musicians use to manage their playing-related pains, aches and injuries. Proficient instrumental musicians (e.g., an amateur, a hobbyist, or a...
BAPAM Physiotherapists at 2022 Commonwealth Games
First ever clinical placement in performing arts medicine: a 'massively exciting project, with a global reach' Throughout the 2022 Commonwealth games, BAPAM Physiotherapists worked with Physiotherapy students from the University...
BAPAM Launch New P.E.R.F.O.R.M.A.N.C.E Training Programme
Three-quarters of performers and creators experience health problems that impact their work, ranging from minor inconveniences to career-limiting conditions. Many of these conditions could be prevented by healthy practice. P.E.R.F.O.R.M.A.N.C.E highlights some of the...
Event Report: Visual Health in the Performing Arts
Event organisers, Dr Naomi Norton (Associate Lecturer in Music Education and Musicians' Health and Wellness Coordinator at the University of York) and Sheryl Doe (Dispensing Optician, Allegro Optical), report on the 'Visual Health in the Performing Arts' day, which...
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