Health, Wellness, and Wholeness in the Music Studio
Online Resources
Fact Sheets provided by Athletes and the Arts (AATA)
Access the following fact sheets at Fact Sheets / Outreach « Athletes and the Arts.
Instructions for using these facts sheets for educational purposes are provided.
- Dental Health and Musicians
- Hydration by Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN)
- Keeping your Voice Healthy
- Mental Health and the Musician
- Musicians and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
- Nutrition—Eating before Performing
- Vocal Hygiene
Fact Sheets provided by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) and the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA). These sites also include information for faculty, administrators, and staff at music schools/departments. Instructions for using these facts sheets for educational purposes are provided.
- Hearing health: Protecting Your Hearing Health: Student Information Sheet on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
- Musculoskeletal health: Student Information Sheet
- Vocal health: Student Information Sheet
Locating Health Care Professionals
- The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Click on “Find a Professional” to locate ASHA-Certified Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists who are accepting referrals.
- The College of Optometrists in Vision Development includes a “Locate a Doctor Service,” which can be filtered to specify physicians who are Board Certified in Vision Therapy.
General Health Website
- The Musician’s Way, by Gerald Klickstein
Hearing Health Website
- Music Induced Hearing Loss: Loud Concerts, Musicians and Hearing Loss for Musicians and Families, University of Iowa.
Mental Health Websites
- Bulletproof Musician, by Noa Kageyama
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Nutrition Website
- Healthy Diet, by The World Health Organization (WHO)
Physiological Websites
- The Association of Body Mapping Education (ABME)
- Sound Practice Health Handbook for Orchestral Musicians (2015), produced by Sound Practice and the University of Sydney.
Voice Website
- Self-Help for Vocal Students, by The National Center of Voice and Speech.
Wellness Website
- Personal Wellness Inventory, developed by Indiana University at Indianapolis.
Blogs
- The Musician’s Brain blog, by Lois Svard
- Dr. Julie Jaffee Nagel Blog
