The Feldenkrais Method for Instrumentalists: A Guide to Awareness through Movement (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781538182581)

Every musician is an athlete. The Feldenkrais Method is a self-discovery process using movement that aims for performance with minimum effort and maximum efficiency--it can help instrumentalists hone their bodies to perfect a balance of strength, skills, and agility. This guide includes many beneficial exercises, lessons, and case studies.

Author: Samuel H. Nelson, Elizabeth L. Blades
ISBN-10: 1538182580
ISBN-13: 9781538182581
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 01/11/2024
Pages: 220
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.56d

About the Author

Samuel H. Nelson is a graduate of the Toronto Professional Feldenkrais Training Program (1987). He has offered Awareness Through Movement classes to the public since 1985. He held a seminar on the Feldenkrais Method each semester at the Eastman School of Music for many years and has presented seminars at music schools in Indiana, Ohio, and Virginia. Nelson also presented workshops for musicians at several area high schools, as well as for physical therapists and equestrians. He has a private practice in Rochester, New York.

Elizabeth Blades holds both doctor of Musical Arts and masters of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. She is currently adjunct associate professor of Music at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA. Previous appointments were at Heidelberg University (Tiffin, OH) where she served as associate professor of Music, coordinator of Vocal Studies and director of Opera; and as a visiting professor of Music at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.