Links to Online Exercises

• For students who are on the waiting list for individual personal support from colleagues in our Department of Music Physiology, to search for suitable exercises online until they receive a fixed spot.

• For students looking to try out new music-specific exercises online.

• For all students or musicians looking for motivation to find balance in their musical routine through active movement.

 

Practical YouTube Videos, Channels, and Playlists with Exercises

• YouTube channel by and with Alexandra Türk-Espitalier | Music Physio – Play without Pain

  • Musicians in Motion. Exercise: Nodding

  • Musicians in Motion. Exercise: In Balance

• Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Lying Down – Instructional Video | from AOK – The Health Channel

• YouTube channel of the Stiftung Schloss Kapfenburg – Fit with Music Online

  • Warm-Up Special Exercises for Musicians with Petra Vatter (Sport and Movement Therapist of ZMGP)

  • Violin Special with Petra Vatter

  • Stage Fright Special

• YouTube channel Liebscher & Bracht | The Pain Specialists: Exercises for a Pain-Free Life

  • Neck Pain Exercises by Roland Liebscher-Bracht

• YouTube channel The Flute Practice | Instrument-Specific Videos for the Flute by Tatiana Thaele

• Get in the Zone Warmup – Video: Portrait Mode (Smartphone) / Landscape Mode (Computer)

• General Yoga & Fitness Channels

  • Mady Morrison

  • Mangalam Yoga

  • Corpus Motum – Fit and Pain-Free at the Office: Active Break | Fresh Mind with Only 4 Exercises (Active Break in the Office)

• Managing Habits with the F.M. Alexander Technique with Martina Schäffer and Dr. Herbert Steger (ORF Contribution 2022)

• Fitissimo: The Health App for Musicians: fitissimo.app

 

Know-Why & Know-How (Science)

• Healthy Music Making: Conversations with Prof. Dr. Eckart Altenmüller (HHTM Hannover) at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim

• Music Physiology: Prevention at Music Schools in Vienna, Lower Austria, and Burgenland: Roundtable of ÖGfMM at MDW (2017)

• Fit on Stage: Collection of 11 Videos with Interviews on Various Topics (Stage Fright, Stress, Tour Load, Pain, Hearing Problems, ... Sex, Drugs,...)

 

Current Information for Social Distancing Times

• Tips, Links & Material for Learning Music Digitally/Online/Virtually from IMP at MDW – Institute for Music Pedagogical Research, Music Didactics, and Elementary Music Education

• Suggestions and Tips for Alternative Teaching Concepts (e.g., during the Coronavirus Crisis) by Hanna Keßeler (Dipl. Rhythmic Specialist, Movement Pedagogue according to Franklin Method® and Stage Coach)