Get to know me
Hi. My name is Teri Slade and I love to teach.
I enjoy a busy schedule of teaching Body Mapping, conducting research at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at University of Alberta, and much more. My work in research is informed by the time I spent learning from and working for Gilles Comeau and Donald Russell at the Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory at University of Ottawa. When I'm not teaching, working, or making lesson plans, you can find me dancing with Siempre Tango, playing piano in various places, singing with Aella Choir, Capital Chamber Choir, and co-directing Spirit of the Streets Choir or simply reading books about pedagogy and/or somatics with a good cup of tea.
Like many Andover Educators, I discovered Body Mapping because I was injured. During my second year of Undergraduate studies in Piano at Memorial University, a severe case of bi-lateral tendonitis forced me to stop playing piano. During the four-year battle with pain that followed, I began my study of Body Mapping with the incredible Andover Educator, Jennifer Johnson. Body Mapping saved my music career. Without the guidance of Jennifer Johnson, Lisa Marsh and many other somatic instructors, I would not be playing piano today (and playing more freely than I ever did before!) These circumstances led me to become a licensed Andover Educator and I now have the privilege of helping other musicians prevent injury and promote facility through the work of Body Mapping.
I love to share my experience and my knowledge of coordinate movement with students of all instruments, ages, and backgrounds. The setting of private lessons gives us the incredible privilege of finding the tactic that will work best for each individual. Group sessions and masterclasses allow large groups of people to learn together as a group. The five-year-old pianist, the undergraduate student, the adult amateur, the 80-year-old beginner: they all have their own unique goals and their own unique styles. It is my joy to find the best way to help each of them attain their artistic goals. Each of them is remarkable beyond words, and I can't imagine a more wonderful way to spend a life.
I enjoy a busy schedule of teaching Body Mapping, conducting research at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at University of Alberta, and much more. My work in research is informed by the time I spent learning from and working for Gilles Comeau and Donald Russell at the Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory at University of Ottawa. When I'm not teaching, working, or making lesson plans, you can find me dancing with Siempre Tango, playing piano in various places, singing with Aella Choir, Capital Chamber Choir, and co-directing Spirit of the Streets Choir or simply reading books about pedagogy and/or somatics with a good cup of tea.
Like many Andover Educators, I discovered Body Mapping because I was injured. During my second year of Undergraduate studies in Piano at Memorial University, a severe case of bi-lateral tendonitis forced me to stop playing piano. During the four-year battle with pain that followed, I began my study of Body Mapping with the incredible Andover Educator, Jennifer Johnson. Body Mapping saved my music career. Without the guidance of Jennifer Johnson, Lisa Marsh and many other somatic instructors, I would not be playing piano today (and playing more freely than I ever did before!) These circumstances led me to become a licensed Andover Educator and I now have the privilege of helping other musicians prevent injury and promote facility through the work of Body Mapping.
I love to share my experience and my knowledge of coordinate movement with students of all instruments, ages, and backgrounds. The setting of private lessons gives us the incredible privilege of finding the tactic that will work best for each individual. Group sessions and masterclasses allow large groups of people to learn together as a group. The five-year-old pianist, the undergraduate student, the adult amateur, the 80-year-old beginner: they all have their own unique goals and their own unique styles. It is my joy to find the best way to help each of them attain their artistic goals. Each of them is remarkable beyond words, and I can't imagine a more wonderful way to spend a life.