Sunday
May152011
Playing (Less) Hurt BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 2:00AM
This week on the blog Janet Horvath is graciously offering some seasoned advice to us cellists/instrumentalists. Woohoo! Get ready for some solid pointers on Posture (Monday), Warming Up (Wednesday), Making It Easy (Thursday). Tuesday I'll focus our Weekly Round-Up around Janet's Book. To celebrate all this...We're giving away 3 copies of Janet Horvath's book "Playing (Less) Hurt."
You guys, this book is chalk-full of injury susceptibility quizzes, diagrams of tendonitis, in-depth descriptions of how carpal tunnel syndrome (and other conditions) is caused and healed in musicians, preventative and restorative approaches, teacher guidelines, backstage stretches, and so much more. Phew!
A little about Janet (from her website):
Janet, associate principal cello of the Minnesota Orchestra for three decades, is also a soloist, chamber musician, writer and award-winning advocate for injury-prevention. A trailblazer in speaking and writing about the physical stresses experienced by musicians, she has contributed significantly to the well-being, knowledge and health of teachers and students, and of professional and amateur musicians at all levels, genres and disciplines. She received the gold medal in 2009 from the Independent Publishers Awards in the health category. She received the 2001 Performing Arts Medical Association's Richard Lederman Award at the nineteenth Annual Symposium on the Medical Problems of Musicians and Dancers, Aspen, Colorado. Ms. Horvath also received the Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) Distinguished Service Award in 2006 and 2007. She travels widely giving her popular and well received seminars and lectures. She lives in St. Paul MN.
How to Win:
1. Click “Like” below this or any post this week, including this one. Bonus brownie points if you share with friends via facebook and twitter. (@playinglesshurt & @emilyapeterson)
2. Leave a comment on this post before May 19th 2011 at 12midnight PST. You don’t need to sign into anything, just make sure you leave your correct email address in your info – this is how I’ll get the shipping info from the 3 winners to the publisher.
- You can comment once for each post this week & enter yourself up to 5 times!
- An random number generator will reveal the 3 lucky commenters. I’ll announce the winners on Friday May 20th 2011. Be sure to subscribe to the blog (there’s an email option) to get the winning announcement.
Reader Comments (5)
[...] About 3 years ago, cellist Emily Ann Peterson had a severe battle with tendonitis and Repetitive Stress Injury, which affected all aspects of her life (even turning a door knob!). She’s now working to turn to proverbial lemons into lemonade by saving her blog readers form the same fate–Emily is giving away 3 copies of the Playing (Less) Hurt book! Click here for more details. [...]
Hey Emily, I play hurt too often, so I'd love to see what she has to say. Thanks for doing the give-away!
I've recently developed some severe pain in my left wrist from playing violin, and I've always had shoulder/neck issues related to playing. I could really use some help healing and preventing the pain.
That really stinks! I'd totally stand by Janet's book. It has a lot of
great practical help for musicians like us. Thanks for visiting the
blog!
Thanks for this practical content Emily, it's much appreciated!