Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-1-5381-8258-1 • Hardback • January 2024 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
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Samuel H. Nelson is a graduate of the Toronto Professional Feldenkrais Training Program (1987). He has offered Awareness Through Movement classes to the public since 1985. He held a seminar on the Feldenkrais Method each semester at the Eastman School of Music for many years and has presented seminars at music schools in Indiana, Ohio, and Virginia. Nelson also presented workshops for musicians at several area high schools, as well as for physical therapists and equestrians. He has a private practice in Rochester, New York.
Elizabeth Blades holds both doctor of Musical Arts and masters of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. She is currently adjunct associate professor of Music at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA. Previous appointments were at Heidelberg University (Tiffin, OH) where she served as associate professor of Music, coordinator of Vocal Studies and director of Opera; and as a visiting professor of Music at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.
Title Page
Acknowledgements
Online Supplement
- Overview
- Self Image and Kinesthetic Imagination
- Physics of Easy Movement
- Neuroplasticity
- The Cost of Choice, Intention and, The Power of Habit
- The Base of Support
- Pelvic Power
- Breathing
- Upper Trunk Flexibility
- Shoulder Girdle and Arms
- Head and Neck
- Hands and Mouth
- The Eyes
- Bonus Lessons
- Perspectives from Instrumentalists
- Appendix A: Functional Integration
- Appendix B: ATM Lessons and Areas of Major Impact
- About the Authors
No one knows more about how musician's bodies make music with ease and comfort than Nelson and Blades. This book constitutes several lifetimes of wisdom packed into a treasure trove of movement. My performing life was so much easier and richer using these techniques.
— Anne Rardin, orchestra director, Pasadena High School, American String Teachers Association Wellness Committee
Nelson and Blades effectively describe Feldenkrais Method in simple language. Their book dives into key topics that will be of vital interest to musicians of all kinds.
— Geoffrey Burgess, Eastman School of Music, author of The Pathetick Musician: Moving an Audience in the Age of Eloquence