The considerable number of musicians experiencing physical and emotional problems has led doctors around the world to become increasingly concerned. The twelve articles in this issue of the journal Musical Performance bring together both the thoughts of British and North American doctors who discuss the main problems experienced by musicians and their cures. Topics range from voice disorders and deafness, to stress and the causes and cures of stage fright. A glossary is included that explains the meaning of those medical terms likely to be unfamiliar to the general reader. Basil Tschaikov was appointed artistic and executive director of the National Center for Orchestral Studies at London University at Goldsmith's College, London, England 1979. Since 1987 he has served as chairman of the Music Performance Research Center and directs its oral history of musicians program in Britain.

The considerable number of musicians experiencing physical and emotional problems has led doctors around the world to become increasingly concerned. The twelve articles in this issue of the journal Musical Performance bring together both the thoughts of British and North American doctors who discuss the main problems experienced by musicians and their cures. Topics range from voice disorders and deafness, to stress and the causes and cures of stage fright. A glossary is included that explains the meaning of those medical terms likely to be unfamiliar to the general reader. Basil Tschaikov was appointed artistic and executive director of the National Center for Orchestral Studies at London University at Goldsmith's College, London, England 1979. Since 1987 he has served as chairman of the Music Performance Research Center and directs its oral history of musicians program in Britain.

Drawing on research into how the brain copes and responds in high-stress situations, Mastering the Audition dissects the audition process and offers original solutions to help master its art.

Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the effects of the arts on health and well-being, alongside developments in practice and policy activities in different countries across the WHO European Region and further afield. This report synthesizes the global evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being, with a specific focus on the WHO European Region. Results from over 3000 studies identified a major role for the arts in the prevention of ill health, promotion of health, and management and treatment of illness across the lifespan. The reviewed evidence included study designs such as uncontrolled pilot studies, case studies, small-scale cross-sectional surveys, nationally representative longitudinal cohort studies, community-wide ethnographies and randomized controlled trials from diverse disciplines. The beneficial impact of the arts could be furthered through acknowledging and acting on the growing evidence base; promoting arts engagement at the individual, local and national levels; and supporting cross-sectoral collaboration.

More than five thousand years of rich cultural history have made Chinese music an immensely sophisticated, multi-faceted artistic phenomenon that consists of diverse regional and transregional traditions. The present volumes bring together ten articles written mainly by native scholars, with the general aim of introducing a dialogue about Chinese music from the viewpoint of the insider.

The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and voice. Over time, the Orphic theme has come to indicate the power of music to unsettle, subvert, and ultimately bring down oppressive realities in order to liberate the soul and expand human life without limits. The liberating effect of music has been a particularly important theme in twentieth-century African American literature. The nine original essays in Black Orpheus examines the Orphic theme in the fiction of such African American writers as Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, James Baldwin, Nathaniel Mackey, Sherley Anne Williams, Ann Petry, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones, and Toni Morrison. The authors discussed in this volume depict music as a mystical, shamanistic, and spiritual power that can miraculously transform the realities of the soul and of the world. Here, the musician uses his or her music as a weapon to shield and protect his or her spirituality. Written by scholars of English, music, women's studies, American studies, cultural theory, and black and Africana studies, the essays in this interdisciplinary collection ultimately explore the thematic, linguistic structural presence of music in twentieth-century African American fiction.

This second edition of How’s Life? provides an update on the most important aspects that shape people’s lives and well-being: income, jobs, housing, health, work-life balance, education, social connections, civic engagement and governance, environment, personal security and subjective well-being.