Music, Mind, and Movement Podcast

John Howell Morrison is a composer, educator, and long-time educator with an interest in weaving contemplative practice into both his writing and his teaching. In this conversation, John describes how meditation and contemplative practice have inspired his work as a composer and explains how he developed a method of contemplative musical analysis called Sound Energy Aggregate. We also talk about beginner's mind, aural skills, and spirituality in music. To learn more about John's work, visit http://johnmorrison.org/

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Kelly Mollnow Wilson is a flutist, Body Mapping teacher, and Neurokinetic Therapy (NKT) Practitioner based in Ohio. In this conversation, we talk about Kelly's background in music and her exploration of a wide range of movement modalities. Kelly explains how NKT works to address pain and dysfunction related to poor communication between the brain and the body. We touch on compensation patterns, re-patterning movement, and lots more, including Kelly's experience with an injury that could have been career-ending. It's an inspiring and empowering story. To learn more about Kelly and her work, visit https://precisionperformanceandtherapy.com/

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Dr. Christine Guptill is an oboist, an occupational therapist, and an Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, AB. She is a leader in musicians' health research and has been a driver in changing the way musicians train through her work with such institutions as the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. In this conversation, we talk about occupational therapy and occupational science, Christine's past research on the phenomenology of musicians' injuries, and her current work which is focused on empowering musicians through improved health literacy. We even talk about flow and how it might actually be a risk factor for musicians' injuries! This is a wide-ranging conversation that is full of information from the front lines of musicians' health research, as well as practical tips that musicians can apply immediately. To learn more about Christine and her work, visit https://www.ualberta.ca/rehabilitation/about-us/contact-us/faculty-directory/christine-guptill

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Madeline Bruser is a pianist and meditation teacher and the founder of the Art of Practicing Institute. Both her book, The Art of Practicing, and the approach to music-making it describes draw on her decades of experience as a musician and meditator to offer a radically new perspective on what it means to be a musician. In this conversation, we talk about Madeline's background and training as a pianist, why she left performing to dedicate herself to teaching, and the approach she has developed to help musicians perform with greater technical ease and communicative power. Learn more about Madeline's work by visiting https://artofpracticing.com/ or https://www.artofpracticinginstitute.org/

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Flute player and Body Mapping instructor Vanessa Mulvey is a movement enthusiast with a thirst for continued learning and integration. In this conversation, we explore Vanessa's various movement adventures, including natural movement, Core Movement Integration, and trapeze(!) and how these have shaped and informed her life as a musician and educator. Vanessa is based in Boston, MA and serves on the faculties of both the Longy School of Music and the New England Conservatory. You can learn more about her and her work at https://www.breathemoveperform.com/

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In this week's episode, the tables are turned as guest host Daniel Fuchs talks to Karen about music, mindfulness, movement, and more. The conversation goes in lots of different directions, exploring how and why Karen found her way to mindfulness and somatic movement practices, ways to manage injury, ways to think about pain and injury, and how understanding more about pain and the body can empower musicians to take charge of their own health and artistic development.

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Violist and movement educator Kayleigh Miller is on a mission to empower musicians to learn more about their bodies in order to have more fluid technique, a stronger embodied connection to music, and fewer injuries. In this conversation, we take a look at common assumptions about stretching and strengthening and how these assumptions, if they remain unchecked, might hold us back from embracing our full movement potential. We talk about Kayleigh's awesome blog, Musicians' Health Collective, and explore differences and similarities between movement education and music education. To learn more about Kayleigh's work, visit her blog at http://www.musicianshealthcollective.com/ or her personal website at http://www.kayleigh-miller.com/. You can also follow Kayleigh on Instagram at @kayleighmm

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Tina Margareta Nilssen is a pianist and educator based in Oslo, Norway. Through her unique system of movement and body awareness education, Timani, Tina has helped thousands of musicians access their potential and play with greater physical ease and musical depth. In this conversation we talk about Tina's background as a reluctant body nerd, the basic principles of Timani, the unexpected ways that improved body understanding can affect a musician's life and playing, the difference between mental effort and physical effort, and so much more. To learn more about Tina and her work, visit: https://www.timani.no/en/

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Jennifer Johnson is a violinist and licensed Andover Educator who travels all over the world teaching musicians to move according to the design of their bodies in order to address and prevent playing injuries. In this conversation we talk about Jennifer's journey of recovery from injury -- a journey which eventually led her to Body Mapping. We discuss how Jennifer found Body Mapping after a long search for relief from chronic pain, what Body Mapping is, and why it is so helpful for musicians. Jennifer even leads us through some movement explorations that you can follow along with while you listen! For more information about Jennifer’s work, visit http://jennifer-johnson.co/

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Vanessa Cornett is an Associate Professor at St. Thomas University where she also serves as Director of Keyboard Studies and co-directs the Project for Mindfulness and Contemplation. In this conversation Vanessa shares various practices that musicians can use to develop mindfulness through music practice and we explore how the cultivation of mindfulness can help musicians connect to ineffable dimensions of human experience. Visit http://www.vanessacornett.com/ to learn more about Vanessa and her work.

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For more about Karen, visit https://www.musicmindandmovement.com or connect on Facebook or Instagram @musicmindandmovement.