Re: Calling all organists!

[Bill, Averbach <bamusic...>]

>Are you or do you know an organist?  Please share this announcement with
>all the organists in your life, amateur or professional:
>
>I am currently pursuing a PhD in Music Education in organ pedagogy at the
>University of North Texas.  I have an interest in the physical aspects of
>playing and learning to play the organ.  And I am particularly interested
>in the medical problems that many musicians experience, either while
>learning or over accumulated years of playing an instrument.  While much
>research has been done on a wide variety of instruments, no one has
>investigated the problems specific to organists.  I have developed a
>questionnaire to explore the musculoskeletal pain or discomfort
>experienced by organists.  You need not be a professional organist to
>participate.  Your pain may be severe or very mild, and need not have been
>caused by playing the organ.  It is hoped that this research will show
>some evidence of areas of pain that are common to organists, which will
>provide direction and priority for further research by both organists and
>medical professionals regarding specific problems.
>
>This web survey has been carefully programmed to remove all computer
>addresses and other identifying informaiton before placing your input into
>the data files.  All responses are completely anonymous to preserve
>confidentiality.
>
>The survey can be found at:  www.metronet.com/~organmed/
>
>You will need a browser which supports forms to complete the web version
>of the survey.  An e-mail and a snail mail version are also available.
>Please e-mail me privately if you desire one of these.
>
>If you have seen or responded to the UNT Musician's Health Survey, please
>be aware that this is a completely separate project, conducted and
>supervised by different people, exclusively for organists, and there is no
>exchange of data between the two studies.
>
>Thank you VERY much for your participation.
>Margo Dillard
>
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>                SURVEY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN OF ORGANISTS
>                        www.metronet.com/~organmed/
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>"There is nothing remarkable about it.  All one has to do is hit the right
> notes at the right time, and the instrument plays itself"  -- J. S. Bach
>
>  "We suffer. We suffer. We suffer in silence." - Fiddler on the Roof
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>
How about Dr. Green at UT Austin. He is a great organist.
Bill Averbach

music is played
it goes into the air and can never be heard again