Valley Opera Summer Intensive (VOSI)
July 31 – August 14, 2022
Body Mapping for Musicians
Steinway Gallery, 76 Heritage Gate SE, Calgary AB 145 Macleod Trail SW, High River, AB
Fridays November 1, 15, 29 and December 6, 2019
10:30 am – 12:30
Cost: $240
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Sunday, September 8, 2019
An Introduction to Body Mapping
Morin School of Music
Saturday, March 16, 2019 9:30-4:30
Edmonton, AB
Body Mapping Foundations: What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body
Friday, November 2, 2018 9:30-12
cSPACE 135-1721 29th Avenue, Calgary
Body Mapping Foundations for Movement and Music
October 26, 2018
Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association Conference, Edmonton, AB
What Every Musician (and their Teachers) Needs to Know about the Body: Bridging the Gap between the Science of Movement and the Art of Making Music
September 19, 2018
Body Mapping and Musician Wellness Lecture: University of Calgary
What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body
June 13, 2018 9:00 am – 4:00 pm at Brandon School of Music, Brandon, Manitoba
Revitalize your Practice: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 (9:30-noon)Southwood United Church, 10690 Elbow Drive
Sunday, February 4, 2018 9:30-5 pm
What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body, full-day course. Strathcona Centre, Edmonton
Wednesday, July 19: Drop-in Body-Mapping lessons for Calgary Arts Summer School Association, St. Vladimir’s Cultural Centre, Calgary
Friday, July 14 and Saturday, July 15, 2017, Foundations for Movement and Music: A Body Mapping/Feldenkrais Course
High River United Church, High River, AB
February 3, March 3, March 31, April 28, May 26 2017, Foundations for Movement and Music: Body Mapping/Feldenkrais Course
Southwood United Church, Calgary
February 18, 2017: Vernon Community School of Music, Vernon, BC: What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body
February 7, 2017: Grant MacEwan University, Edmonton
Friday, November 25, 2016 1pm: Red Deer, AB: An Introduction to What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body
ARMTA, Red Deer Chapter, St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Red Deer
November 5, 2016: Lethbridge, AB (Alberta Registered Music Teachers Association)
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September 30, 2016, Black Knight Inn, Red Deer, AB
What Every Pianist Needs to Know about the Body: An Introduction
Alberta Piano Teachers Association Conference
Friday, May 6 2016, 10am-1pm, Lakeview United Church, Calgary
A WORKSHOP FOR YOUR MUSICAL BRAIN AND BODY: Demystifying Technique and Enhancing Performance
Saturday, March 5, 2016: Okotoks
Poise and freedom for singers
Monday, January 18, 2016: Edmonton
Concordia University of Edmonton: What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body: An Introduction
Wednesday, January 27, 2016: Edmonton
Grant MacEwan University: What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body: An Introduction
November 20-22, 2015: Nelson, British Columbia
Canadian Music Piano Festival, Body Mapping workshop and Private lessons
November 28, 29, 2015: Okotoks, Alberta
What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body
October 24, 2015: Vancouver, British Columbia
British Columbia Music Teacher’s Conference, Vancouver
Tools and Insights to Overcome Limitations in Teaching and Performing: An Introduction to Body Mapping
Mapping the real structures and movement of Breathing
November 13, 2015: Lethbridge Alberta
The University of Lethbridge: What Every Musician Needs to Know about their Body (Faculty event)
Saturday, June 6, 2015: Grande Prairie, Alberta
What Every Musicians Needs to Know about the Body: Music Teachers Association (Grande Prairie)
Friday, May 22, 2105: High River, Alberta
What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body
Tuesday, April 7, 2015: Calgary, Alberta
Tools and Insights for Ease and Freedom in Performance
Monday, March 16, 2015: Grant MacEwan University: Edmonton
What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body: An Introduction
Friday, February 20, 2015: Calgary, Alberta
Body Mapping for Pianists
Friday, February 13, 2015: Salmon Arm, British Columbia
Piano Teachers Association, Salmon Arm
Monday, January 5, 2015: Calgary, Alberta
Masterclass for Mount Royal Conservatory Piano Academy students
Friday, October 24, 2014
An Introduction to Body Mapping
Friday, October 24 1:30 pm Music Conference Alberta, at the Westin Edmonton
www.albertachoralfederation.ca/musicconferencealberta.asp
This workshop will introduce you to the principles of Body Mapping, a practical method for musicians to learn to move more naturally while helping to improve playing technique and reduce the risk of playing-related injury. We will explore how anatomy influences the quality and nature of movement required to play your instrument or sing. We will examine some common misconceptions about anatomical structures and how this impacts how we move when we make music. The material covered in this workshop will help you to improve both your own performance and your teaching techniques.
Monday, December 29, 2014: Nelson, British Columbia
Inquiries for workshops and lessons
Private Lessons
- Body Mapping lessons (studio or via skype)
- All musicians welcome (singers, string players, wind players…)
- Piano lessons of all levels, from beginner to advanced
- Music History
- Keyboard Harmony (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced)
To inquire about private lessons email Michèle
Workshops
What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body
This workshop offers musicians an in-depth understanding of the concepts and techniques of Body Mapping. Body Mapping is a practical method for musicians to learn to move more naturally while reducing the risk of injury and improving playing technique. It is based on the principle that a solid understanding of the body’s anatomical structure influences the quality and nature of movement required to play any specific instrument.
With a solid base of anatomical knowledge and awareness of natural movement, musicians develop an ease of movement that is more attuned to how their body is designed to work and liberates a free and natural musical technique. Body Mapping is applicable to every musician—from singers to string players, pianists to percussionists.
You will learn how the body is really constructed using a correct medical understanding of anatomical structures and vocabulary to precisely talk about the body and movement. We will explore how anatomical structure influences movement while making music and how to move freely and naturally. These concepts are applied to performance and teaching by using techniques and exercises to heighten kinesthetic sensory awareness.
The workshop is divided into six units: 1. Training movement, senses, and attention 2. Body Mapping and places of balance 3. Mapping the arm structure and organizing movement available at all arm joints 4. Mapping the structures and movement of breathing 5. Mapping the movement of leg joints 6. Applying Body Mapping in a master- class setting.
This workshop is suitable for any musician who has an interest in learning to play with more freedom and ease. The knowledge and insights you gain will help reduce the risk of playing-related pain, injury, and technical limitations. Whether you are a singer, string player, pianist, wind player, percussionist or guitarist—this workshop will help you develop an ease of movement that is more naturally attuned to how your body is designed to work.
For more information and inquiries about lessons and workshops please email Michèle
Your Instructor
These workshops are presented by licensed Andover Educator, Michèle Wheatley-Brown. “Andover Educators” is the international governing body of music educators who specialize in the principles, techniques and curriculum presented in What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body and Body Mapping.
Michèle has a M.A. (Music) from the University of Ottawa, a B.A. and a B.Mus. and a B. Ed from the University of Toronto. She is an examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music, an adjudicator, and teaches piano from her private studio. Michèle is also the artistic and founding director of the High River Gift of Music Society whose mission is to bring world-class musicians to rural Alberta.
