Piano Magazine Winter 2024; Vol. 15, No. 4

Healthy Teaching, Healthy Playing: Better Practice for Better Performance

Allow me to explain this seeming contradiction. As a teacher of Body Mapping for two decades, I've seen how a better understanding of body mechanics powerfully transforms music performance. With greater body awareness, technical problems disappear—and so does mental anguish. Research shows that current injury rates from playing the piano are alarmingly high; but it […]

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