by Madeline Bruser | Mar 8, 2023 | Injury Recovery
Practicing with excess tension very often leads to repetitive strain injuries among pianists, forcing them to cancel concerts and tours and to restrict their choice of repertoire. Sometimes it even puts an end to a performer’s entire career. Yet pianist injuries... by admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Injury Recovery
by Francesca Leo Attending the Art of Practicing Institute’s summer program last year was a completely transformative experience. Prior to this program, I had recently graduated with my master’s degree in classical flute performance during a global pandemic, I was... by Madeline Bruser | Feb 3, 2020 | Injury Recovery
When Brian began studying with me a couple years ago, he wanted to recover from an injury he had developed at the piano. He couldn’t do some of the things his previous teacher had asked him to do — dropping his arm directly into the keys, or hitting keys directly and... by Madeline Bruser | Jan 20, 2020 | Injury Recovery
This story describes how simple body awareness can improve your piano technique and transform your playing. Laura was quite tired from lack of sleep due to a challenging event in her family. But she showed up at last week’s live online workshop anyway, ready to work... by Madeline Bruser | Dec 9, 2019 | Injury Recovery
When I met Geri by chance, she was in her mid 60s and had hardly played the piano for 46 years. Her childhood teacher was very critical and discouraging, and she thought there was something wrong with her and that she just didn’t belong in music at all. But she had...