Lea will be at the NFA convention, mostly at the Andover Educators booth. She will also be presenting a convention workshop on Posture and Position in Flute Pedagogy: 20th-21st century practices.
A full six hour workshop of "What Every Musician Needs To Know About The Body" sponsored by the Washington State Music Teachers Association District V. For more information contact Roz Nau at
Music Wellness: A Survival Guide for Performers and Teachers. 3-credit graduate level course exploring Body Mapping and other somatic disciplines offered by University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
A full six hour workshop of "What Every String Player Needs To Know Abut The Body" in conjunction with the Japam Seattle InternationalSuzuki Institute. Private Body Mapping lessons will also be available August 9.
Three-Day Body Mapping workshop for Music Teachers, Students, and Performers as part of Spivey Hall's Professional Development for Music Teachers summer series at Clayton State University. Course schedule runs daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a lunch break. $300 early registration (before 4 June 2010); $350 afterward. 2 PLU continuing education credits available. For more information, see www.SpiveyHall.org/Education, or call 678.466.4481 (for questions about fees, credit, or logistics) or 678.466.4759 (for questions about course format or content).
Integrating Flute, Spirit, Mind and Body with Lea Pearson, Rhonda Larson, and Helen Spielman at Aquinas College. A nurturing environment that empowers you to reach your personal goals: improve performance, free breathing and technique, control anxiety, relinquish perfectionistic dictates, and increase overall focus. For more information, go to http://www.rhondalarson.com/workshops.htm
Body Mapping course for all musicians taught by Lea Pearson, Amy LIkar and Liisa Ruoho. Beautiful setting in Hungary with Body Mapping classes,discussion groups, private lessons, and Alexander Technique classes. Evening master class with Liisa Ruoho. for more information go to www.bodymapping.eu
Three and one-half day course for musicians presented by the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in association with Andover Educators.
In a fun, creative and supportive atmosphere, musicians have an unprecedented opportunity to learn through the combination of the course "What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body"; master classes with artist teachers Amy Likar, Lea Pearson and Liisa Ruoho; private lessons with teachers trained to observe body use; Feldenkrais classes and Alexander Technique classes.
Go to http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/music/introduction/continuing_professional_development/body_mapping_summer_course.html for more information and an application.
Lea is doing an evening Body Mapping workshop for the Netherlands Flute Academy (organized by Emily Beynon). This course is for Dutch teen flutists and international young artists. For more information, go to http://www.neflac.nl
Located at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. Body Mapping classes on Aug. 4 and Aug. 9. Available to participants for individual work.
"This course was enormously helpful in looking at the body as a whole and understanding how the problems I'm experiencing are interrelated. I wish I had learned how my body works at an earlier age. Studying movement should be at the heart of physical education classes in elementary and secondary schools."
