An Interdisciplinary Approach to Informing Performers’ Training, Health and Wellbeing

AARON WILLIAMON | Centre of Performance Science, Royal College of Music | Imperial College London, UK

Monday 18 December 2023 | 17:15-18:15 h | online and in presence | Atelier im KunstQuartier, Bergstraße 12a | 5020 Salzburg | Austria | In English

This lecture will review the latest developments in performance science to examine how musicians can equip themselves with the skills to excel, and how music educators, administrators and policy makers can play an active role in providing a supportive environment.

• Free participation
• For online access data see the  website.

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Few pursuits are as dynamic and enjoyable as making music. The results of recent research, however, suggest that stress and anxiety are widespread among musicians and that healthy approaches to training and working in music are far from uniform throughout the profession. This lecture reviews the latest developments in the field of performance science to examine how musicians can equip themselves with skills to excel. It also examines how music educators, administrators and policy makers can play an active role in providing supportive environments where health and wellbeing is considered integral to professional music training. It concludes with an introduction to the RCM’s groundbreaking Performance Simulator, and the ways in which it is being used to hone performance skills and facilitate learning in the spotlight.

 Aaron Williamon is Professor of Performance Science at the Royal College of Music, where he directs the Centre for Performance Science. His research focuses on skilled performance and applied scientific initiatives that inform music learning and teaching, as well as the impact of music and the arts on society.

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Lection Series „Musik & Medizin“

The Salzburg lecture series Musik & Medizin presents scientific and artistic contributions from leading international experts in various disciplines to explore the interactions and mechanisms between the experience, processing and psycho-physiological impact of music on humans and to understand how music may promote health and wellbeing. The lecture is part of an interdisciplinary course where the referents discuss themes of their fields of research.