Description
In Teaching the Whole Musician: A Guide to Wellness in the Applied Studio, author Paola Savvidou empowers applied music instructors to honor and support their students' wellness through compassion-filled conversation tools, hands-on activities for injury prevention, mental health protection, and recovery support. Many music students are facing devastating injuries and emotional peril as they navigate the transition from student to professional. Experts are sounding the alarm for the need to educate students on the negative effects of habits such as postural misalignments, sleep deprivation, and over exertion. In this book, music teachers will learn how to help students develop skills and learn behaviors that will expand their self-awareness as they work towards a fulfilled career in the arts. With a wealth of additional movement experiences, audio files, and downloadable worksheets, the instructor can easily share movement exercises, nutrition diaries, and meditations with their students. The first guidebook of its kind to address wellness for music students in a comprehensive manner geared towards the applied instructor, this volume provides simple yet impactful techniques for approaching all things wellness.
About the Author
Paola Savvidou is a pianist, pedagogue, and wellness advocate. She serves as Wellness Initiative Program Manager and Adjunct Lecturer in Piano at the University of Michigan. Among her honors are two Article of the Year awards by the Music Teachers National Association for her publications. She is an avid presenter on pedagogical applications of Laban Movement Analysis, yoga, meditation, and Motivational Interviewing within the music studio setting.
Reviews
In Teaching the Whole Musician, Dr. Paola Savvidou supplies crucial, research-based guidelines for music teachers to integrate wellness education into lessons and classes. With engaging text, handy tables, illustrative figures, and practical recommendations, this important book equips educators to foster healthy, lifelong music making. * Gerald Klickstein, author, The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness *
Teaching the Whole Musician is an inspiring contribution to the music world. With keen insight and genuine sensitivity, Savvidou offers a multi-dimensional approach to cultivating physical, mental, and occupational well-being for musicians. Packed with relevant and accessible information, this book will be a treasured resource for studio instructors. * Dr. Vanessa Cornett, author, The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance *
Savvidou's book provides today's teachers a broad, comprehensive perspective of wellness that recognizes the importance of dealing with the 'whole person' that walks into our studios. It is an especially helpful and thorough resource to which studio teachers can turn for specific guidance on a broad and diverse range of practical topics. Especially notable is her identifying teachers as a student's 'first line of defense,' helping students through the many challenges impacting them today... This book deserves a prominent place in every musician's and music school's library. * Gail Berenson, Professor Emerita of Piano, Ohio University - Athens and Past President, Music Teachers National Association *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190868802
Author Paola Savvidou
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 476g
Dimensions(mm) 175mm * 251mm * 18mm
About the Author
Paola Savvidou is a pianist, pedagogue, and wellness advocate. She serves as Wellness Initiative Program Manager and Adjunct Lecturer in Piano at the University of Michigan. Among her honors are two Article of the Year awards by the Music Teachers National Association for her publications. She is an avid presenter on pedagogical applications of Laban Movement Analysis, yoga, meditation, and Motivational Interviewing within the music studio setting.
Reviews
In Teaching the Whole Musician, Dr. Paola Savvidou supplies crucial, research-based guidelines for music teachers to integrate wellness education into lessons and classes. With engaging text, handy tables, illustrative figures, and practical recommendations, this important book equips educators to foster healthy, lifelong music making. * Gerald Klickstein, author, The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness *
Teaching the Whole Musician is an inspiring contribution to the music world. With keen insight and genuine sensitivity, Savvidou offers a multi-dimensional approach to cultivating physical, mental, and occupational well-being for musicians. Packed with relevant and accessible information, this book will be a treasured resource for studio instructors. * Dr. Vanessa Cornett, author, The Mindful Musician: Mental Skills for Peak Performance *
Savvidou's book provides today's teachers a broad, comprehensive perspective of wellness that recognizes the importance of dealing with the 'whole person' that walks into our studios. It is an especially helpful and thorough resource to which studio teachers can turn for specific guidance on a broad and diverse range of practical topics. Especially notable is her identifying teachers as a student's 'first line of defense,' helping students through the many challenges impacting them today... This book deserves a prominent place in every musician's and music school's library. * Gail Berenson, Professor Emerita of Piano, Ohio University - Athens and Past President, Music Teachers National Association *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190868802
Author Paola Savvidou
Format Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 476g
Dimensions(mm) 175mm * 251mm * 18mm
