BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PERFORMING ARTS MEDICINe
Supporting Performing Arts Health Research
As the largest provider of performing arts medicine in the UK, BAPAM has built expertise and collected data from over 10,000 patient consultations, which can be used for research in accordance with patient consent and data protection regulation. We actively promote partnership with academic institutions to further research which can enhance our understanding of prevention and treatment for performing arts health.
We have a strong partnership with UCL through the Performing Arts Medicine MSc Programme, which we were instrumental in helping to establish, and the course leader, Dr Hara Trouli, is a BAPAM clinician and Trustee. Performing Arts Medicine students conducting research can work with BAPAM as part of an approved research project.
The Centre for Performance Science is a collaboration between the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London. The Centre’s Director, Professor Aaron Williamon, is also a Trustee of BAPAM. This has led to a collaborative PhD with BAPAM. PhD student, Michael Durrant works with BAPAM to conduct research into health promotion in the performing arts.
As our CEO, Claire Cordeaux, is a member of the steering group of the Healthy Conservatoires Network, we connect with many of the top researchers in this area across the UK and internationally and BAPAM has been delighted to be a partner on research bids in this area.
We welcome discussion regarding research partnerships and are keen for our unique knowledge and experience to be used to contribute to the development of new evidence about the health of performing artists.
If a research project you are undertaking has ethics approval from a suitable academic body, we may share information about the project, including calls for participants, with an extensive network of creative practitioners, healthcare professionals, educators and industry organisations. Please contact us to discuss this.
To contact us about performing arts health research please email info@bapam.org.uk or call us and speak to BAPAM Director, Claire Cordeaux, or Senior Manager for Special Projects, Dan Hayhurst.
Research Articles
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 participants aged 18 and over, who are not...
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 professional musician) or university-level...
Research: Musicians’ Experiences Using Beta-blockers for Music Performance Anxiety
Are you a musician aged 18 or over? Do you use, or have you used beta-blockers for performance anxiety? Would you like to take part in a research project and receive a £10 Amazon voucher? Researchers at University College London (UCL) are recruiting...
Join Research on Experiences of Music Students Through COVID-19 and Impacts on Health and Wellbeing
Hannah Dsouza, a Manchester based specialist physiotherapist who is currently researching for an MSc in Advanced Physiotherapy at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) is looking for UK based music conservatoire students to participate in her project, The...
Research: Meditation for Music Performance Anxiety
Serena Paese is a PhD student at the University of York conducting research on the use of meditation as a tool to counteract music performance anxiety. Serena is recruiting participants for a study on the effects of meditation on music performance and music...
Call for Research Participants: Career-Changing Injury and Illness in Elite Professional Dancers
Painsong: A narrative study of career-changing injury and illness in elite professional dancers, with implications for clinicians Researcher, Jeremy Leslie-Spinks, is looking for former professional dancers whose careers were ended or radically changed by injury or...
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