Listed below are just some of the resources which I have found useful. More links to come! The dates listed are the most recent edition that I know of.
For more detailed recommendations, please contact me personally.
For more detailed recommendations, please contact me personally.
Books
- What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body (Conable, 2000)
- How to Learn the Alexander Technique (Conable & Conable, 1995)
- Fundamental Principles of Coordinate Movement for Pianists (Marsh, 2012)
- What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body (Mark, 2003)
- What Every Singer Needs to Know About the Body (Malde, Allen, & Alexander-Zeller, 2016)
- The Structures and Movement of Breathing: A Primer for Choirs and Choruses (Conable, 2000)
- Oboemotions: What Every Oboe Player Needs to Know About the Body (Caplan, 2009)
- What Every Violinist Needs to Know About the Body (Johnson, 2009)
- Motion, Emotion and Love: The Nature of Artistic Performance (Mark, 2012)
- How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live (Vinyard, 2007)
- What Every Dancer Needs to Know About the Body (Gilmore, 2010)
- Dance and the Alexander Technique (Nettl-Fiol & Vanier, 2011)
- What Every Trombonist Needs to Know About the Body (Vining, 2010)
- Teaching Singing in the 21st Century (Chapter 10 on Body Mapping)
Articles
- For Collaborative Pianists: Bindel, J. (2013). The Collaborative Pianist and Body Mapping : A Guide to Healthy Body Use for Pianists and Their Musical Partners. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. Arizona State University.
- For Clarinet Players: Copeland, S. (2007). Applied Anatomy in the studio: Body Mapping and Clarinet Pedagogy. ProQuest. University of North California at Greensboro.
- For Organists: Johnson, P. (2006). What Every Organist Needs to Know About the Body : A Body Mapping Course Primer. The American Organist, 40(5), 54–55.
- Qualitative Research: Buchanan, H. J., & Hays, T. (2014). The Influence of Body Mapping on Student Musicians’ Performance Experiences. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 15(7), 1–28.
- Scientific Basis of Body Mapping (Nichols, 2004)
- Origins and Theory of Body Mapping (Conable, 1992)
- Musicians as Movers: Body Mapping and the Alexander Technique for Musicians and Music Educators (Likar, n.d.)
- Pianist's Injuries: Movement Retraining is the Key to Recovery (Mark, n.d.)