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"The Alexander Technique: Freedom in Thought and Action" an excellent e-book by Tasha Miller and David Langstroth, Directors of Alexander Technique Atlantic and published by Nous Publishing.
This is a book not just for musicians, actors, performers - but for everyone wishing to improve the quality of everything they do, the quality of their functioning, their health...their whole life. I had the privilege of taking lessons with Tasha in the late 80s and most of the 90s while she was still in the UK and cannot recommend her inspiring approach to the Alexander Technique enough.
Whether or not you are taking lessons in AT, or are yourself an AT teacher, this is a thought-provoking must-read. Visit the Alexander Technique Atlantic site to obtain your copy, and to find out more about the excellent work taking place there. www.AlexanderTechniqueAtlantic.ca.
Publishers Music Schools, Other Courses, Course Venues & Counselling ServicesRosy's Little Village, a wonderful venue on the magical isle of Agistri overlooking the beautiful Saronic Sea - whereTrixi has chosen to run her week-long Song Meditation workshop in Sept 2008. Fabulous just for holidays, for the workshops and courses that take place there, or as a wonderful and very reasonably priced place to hold your own holiday courses!
The Oxford School of Music, where Trixi formerly taught. An excellent team of teachers for students in the Oxfordshire area.
The British Music Workshops, organisation running 2-day workshops during school holidays for children 7-15 in all kinds of instruments and covering all kinds of music from the classics to theatre, the movies, rock and pop.
www.realukmusic.co.uk music teachers' database to help you find a teacher in your area)
www.collegeofsoundhealing.co.uk Excellent courses for people who wish to experience the healing power of sound, and training courses for healers and therapists who wish to use sound as part of their healing practice.
www.liberato.co.uk writing and creative arts courses in the UK and Greece, also the site of novelist and short-story writer Roz Collier
www.yogaplus.co.uk yoga holidays in Crete which also incorporate other workshops such as massage, salsa, voice, swimming, walking, other bodywork, etc
Skyros holistic holidays in Greece, Isle of Wight
and Thailand with many courses and workshops on offer
www.hridayayoga.com site of Jessica Silverman, Yoga teacher par excellence who used to teach in Oxford and who is very much missed since she returned to the States.
Sites of interest for singers: www.naturalvoice.net Site of teachers & practitioners of natural voice, events and resources
Anton Browne jazz singer and vocal educationalist with
excellent CDs for singers)
www.stat.org.uk Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique.
AT training is, in Trixi's humble opinion, absolutely essential in all walks of life and expecially so
for anyone in the performing arts. Through this site, you can find a teacher in your area.
Andreas Hatjimanolis (jazz guitar)
Steve Waterman (jazz trumpet)
Nick Weldon (jazz piano)
Trudy Kerr (singer)
Norma Winstone (singer)
Anita Wardell (singer)
www.hughesperc.co.uk (James Hughes, percussionist)
Grant-awarding Bodieswww.artscouncil.org.uk British funding body for the arts.