Learn to play the instrument that plays the instrument
The Alexander Technique has been taught in Music and Drama schools for decades. Many musicians experience physical pain, repetitive strain injury, or high levels of stress and exhaustion that can get in the way of enjoying their natural talent for practice and performance. A focus on striving for success to play well or sing better, working hard to get the notes right or worrying about finding work can lead to a lack of self care and burnout.
By taking a course of Alexander Technique lessons, I can help you consciously make changes to improve your wellbeing and discover ingrained tension habits that might be holding you back or causing injuries. By paying attention to ourselves in the activity of singing or playing an instrument we can re-educate our approach and improve performance technique, coordination, breathing, voice production, and quality of sound.
The Alexander Technique can give you a set of skills that will help you regulate your emotions to manage performance anxiety and enhance your ability to stay open and curious to musical possibilities in performance. It becomes possible to choose how to respond when under the pressure of live performance.