Introduction to the Alexander Technique for Musicians:

• Introduction to the Alexander Technique. A talk given at Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington by Frank Pierce Jones
  
  • A Technique for Musicians by Frank Pierce Jones
  
  

  The Alexander Technique for Woodwind Players:

  • Grabbing the Bird by the Tale: A Flutist’s History of Learning to Play by Alexander Murray
  
  
  • Fortunate Misfortunes: Steps Toward the Alexander Technique by Alexander Murray
  
  
  • The Alexander Technique and Flute Playing by Alexander Murray
  
  

  The Alexander Technique for String Players:

  • The Alexander Technique and the String Pedagogy of Paul Rolland by Carol Porter McCullough
    
    
    1. Introduction
       
    2. The Life and Discovery of F. M. Alexander
    3. Fundamentals of Upper String Playing and the Alexander Technique
    
    

  The Alexander Technique for Daily Practice:

  Working to a Principle by Pedro de Alcantara

  
  

  Links to Recommended Articles on the Alexander Technique for Musicians:

• “Introduction to the Alexander Technique”


• “Three Musicians Talk About the Alexander Technique” Two Alexander Technique teachers and one student, all professional musicians, discuss definitions of the Alexander Technique and their experiences learning, applying and teaching the technique in relation to music making.


• “Three Musicians Conclude their Discussion of the Alexander Technique.” Third of a three-part discussion between a bassoonist, violinist and oboist.


• “Musicians and the Alexander Technique” by John S. Hunter. A clearly written article explaining the premises and principles of the Alexander Technique and how they apply to playing music.


• “The Alexander Technique: The Skill to Make Music.” Explains what the Alexander Technique is, how the Technique is learned, and how it can benefit the musician.


• “The Alexander Technique "Whispered Ah." by Ron Murdock A video for vocalists that explains a fundamental AT vocal procedure.



• Links to Resources:

• Alexander Technique: The Insiders’ Guide


• The Alexander Technique Center of Washington


• Learning the Alexander Technique: Lesson FAQs


• Finding an Alexander Technique Teacher 1


• Finding an Alexander Technique Teacher 2


• Choosing an Alexander Technique Teacher


• Alexander Technique Workshops


• Mornum Time Press: Publisher of quality books about the Alexander Technique.


• Mouritz Press: Specialist publisher of quality books on the Alexander Technique, including original writings of F. M. Alexander.

Recommended Reading on the Alexander Technique for Musicians:

The Alexander Technique: Freedom in Thought and Action by Tasha Miller and David Langstroth. The first chapter is available as a free download from Alexander Technique Atlantic. Audio download is available from cdbaby. Nous Publishing, 2007. ISBN 9780973978629. "...two writers who are so articulate and stylish, so broadly read in their subject, and so sensible in their commentary...a very healthy and much needed work.” – Alex Murray (Professor Emeritus of Flute, University of Illiniois; Former Principal Flute, London Symphony; Director, Alexander Technique Center Urbana.)

Indirect Procedures: A Musician’s Guide to the Alexander Technique by Pedro de Alcantara. Foreword by Sir Colin Davis. London: Oxford University Press, 1997. Available from Amazon.

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Alexander Technique: The Insiders’ Guide

Alexander Technique for Musicians
web site maintained by Marian Goldberg, MSTAT
Alexander Technique Center of Washington, DC
e-mail:
info@alexandercenter.com

“This approach [the Alexander Technique] has great advantages in teaching. Instead of telling your pupil what he is doing wrong or even showing him (by means of video or audio playback) what he is doing or exhorting him or admonishing him to change, you give him the experience of doing it a new way and letting him judge the difference for himself.” –Professor Frank Pierce Jones