Portland State University offers new piano program. (Items of Interest).Portland State University's (PSU PSU - power supply unit ) Department of Music has created a new degree program, "Coordinate Movement Program for Pianists," to help pianists avoid neuromuscular neuromuscular /neu·ro·mus·cu·lar/ (-mus´ku-ler) pertaining to nerves and muscles, or to the relationship between them. neu·ro·mus·cu·lar adj. 1. disorders and injuries. This program promotes a somatic somatic /so·mat·ic/ (so-mat´ik) 1. pertaining to or characteristic of the soma or body. 2. pertaining to the body wall in contrast to the viscera. so·mat·ic adj. approach to playing the piano. It is concerned with the treatment and prevention of injuries and with the improvement of performance. The program offers a curriculum designed to retrain re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train pianists limited by pain, injury or tension while they pursue a degree option at PSU. Courses are designed to teach participants about the structure and function of the body as it applies to playing, and how to make necessary changes to become free of pain and injury. The program is directed by Lisa Marsh, a pianist and former registered nurse experienced in retraining re·train tr. & intr.v. re·trained, re·train·ing, re·trains To train or undergo training again. re·train injured musicians. She is joined by Barbara Conable, internationally acclaimed Alexander teacher. For more information contact Marsh at PSU, Department of Music, School of Fine and Performing Arts, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751; (503) 227-6699, fax: (503) 725-8215; pdx00586@pdx.edu. |
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