Preventing health issues that could affect musicians
The first part of a series of 4 modules dedicated to musicians’ health
This first module is organised around several axes: discussions about the causes of common health problems among musicians; training in anatomy and physiology; coursework and practical exercises that can then be incorporated into musicians’ day-to-day work.
Target audience and admission criteria
This programme provides a window onto wellbeing in the world of music and is aimed at anyone with an interest in the intersection between physical and mental health and vocal performance or playing an instrument. There are no admission criteria at all.
Forms of participation & certification
This module is the first in a series of four separate modules spread over a period of two years. A certificate of attendance is presented to the participants at the end of each module.
- Module 1: Preventing health issues that could affect musicians
- Module 2: Musicians’ alignment and posture
- Module 3: Musicians’ mental wellbeing
- Module 4: Musicians’ physical capacity
Tutor
After training as a physiotherapist (at ISCAM in Brussels) then completing a thesis in Sciences of Human Movement in the University of Aix-Marseille, Violette Bruyneel very quickly developed an interest in the inherent issues related to the health of artists and performers. For over 15 years, she has been developing measures to prevent health problems for dancers, musicians and actors, by conducting research projects, lectures, training programmes, an MOOC and interventions with artists. The benefit of this approach is that it combines the scientific approach of physiology of movement with the day-to-day reality of working in the artistic and cultural scene. This work has formed the subject of numerous publications at national and international level. Anne-Violette Bruyneel spent 6 years working at the Conservatoire National de Musique et de Danse de Lyon (France) and, since 2016, she has taught at the Haute École de Santé de Genève on the physiotherapy course. She is in charge of the “Art et Santé” (Art and Health) skills centre at the Haute Ecole de Santé de Genève.
