What on earth would a football player or any other athlete have in common with the classical pianist…you know that “Mostly Mozart” type of person that’s in the practice room for hours on end striving for a perfect tone and technique?
As a piano pedagogue for several years, I have noticed the mindset of the two worlds of discipline…either you play a sport like soccer or basketball …and you’re considered “athletic” or you play an instrument such as piano and you’re considered “artistic”. There is not much thought given to building bodily strength to help get the music out. A person is either athletic or artistic and that’s it. I have been totally convinced otherwise.
As a result of working with Dr. Maloney, a licensed chiropractor, I totally believe these two worlds of discipline blend together and crossover into each other. Correct technique for the musician is known as correct form for the well-trained athlete.
The motive and mission for this project is to help pianists understand and improve their technique through the tool of imagery. The student also needs to practice becoming strong in their whole body to master technique. In this way they can be able to get the “music” inside their heart out, to prevent injury and to build confidence in performance. These disciplines should be connected forever.
- Returning adult amateur pianists and pre-college piano students in training.
- Students wishing to learn piano technique using whole body strength.
