Center for Arts and Wellness
George Mason University


Center for Arts and Wellness

Articles on Performer-related Health Issues for Musicians, Teachers, and Students

Goals for the Center for Arts and Wellness

Pilot Programs with INOVA Hospital

Collaborations

Resources for Musicians and Performer

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http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~boyk/HEAR.HTM *
This article is by a recording engineer/producer, audio reviewer, and director of the Music Lab at California Institute of Technology, James Byk. He believes that tape recording yourself is the most effective way to learning how you sound to other.

http://www.alexandercenter.com/pa/stringsiii.html
this article addresses issues of posture for violin and viola players.

http://www.Alexandertechnique.com
Collected Writings on the Alexander Technique from Frank Pierce Jones

http://www.Alexandertechnique.com/artlcles/musicians *
Poise in Performance: Alexander Technique for Musicians

http://www.uwec.edu/counsel/pubs/musicanxiety *
“Coping with Music Performance Anxiety”

http://www.davidleisner.com
Six Golden Rules for Conquering Performance Anxiety

http://www.dominicsmusic.com/Leblanc_Bell_stage-fright.htm
Coping with Stage Fright

http://www.jasmnjahal.com/articles/art_surviving_stage_fright.html *
Surviving Stage Fright

http://www.engr.unl.edu/eeshop/music.htm *
The risk of physical injury in musicians

http://musicianshealth.com/whyrsi.html *
Repetitive Strain Injury

http://www.teraworld.net/npd/create.htm *
Depression in Musicians

http://Simsfoundation.org/topics/topic9.html
Why Musicians Become Depressed

http://www.btinternet.com/~radical/thefoldmag/injuries.htm *
Injury Prevention for Musicians

http://guitar.about.com/library/weekly/aa031899.htm
Repetitive Strain Injury – The Importance of Warming Up

Hearing Loss

http://www.hear-it.org/page.dsp?page=1662

http://www.sensaphonics.com/articles/musicians.html
by Michael Santucci

http://www.industriaaudiology.ca/MusiciansAndTheRisk.html *
by Industrial Audiology Group Inc.

http://www.music-music-injury.com/html/prevent_loss.html *

Posture Issues

http://performancepage.com/articles/musicians/
by Joan Arnold

http://www.ergoboy.com/ergo_for/musicians.php

http://www.babousa.org/symphony.htm
Dr. Paul Harris

http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~lwk/hauser.htm *
by Barbara Hauser

http://www.net4music.com/asp/N4MASP_edito.pl?IDPARTNER=n4m&article=_202_stotko.html *
by Lori Stotko