Musical impact: A study of the effects of music making on musicians' health and wellbeing

很少有什么追求能像做音乐那样充满活力和愉悦。在英国，每天都有数以千计的人参加某种音乐活动。这些努力的核心是良好的健康。身心健康可以塑造音乐家，从初学者到专业人士，追求他们的艺术和他们从中获得的乐趣的方式。然而，最近的研究结果表明，受伤和健康不佳在音乐家中很普遍，健康的音乐训练和工作方法远未统一。这个项目调查音乐家的健康和福祉。通过这样做，它产生了关于音乐创作的身体和精神需求的新知识，并揭示了各级音乐家如何建设性地和破坏性地满足这些需求。虽然音乐家在应对表演挑战方面通常有自给自足的悠久历史，但这个项目旨在通过提供全面的、以证据为导向的资源来补充音乐家的独创性，帮助他们最大限度地扩大教育和职业机会。音乐影响是英国音乐学会(CUK)与卡迪夫大学、卡迪夫大都会大学、英国交响乐团协会(ABO)、英国表演艺术医学协会(BAPAM)、音乐家联盟和国际健康人文网络(IHHN)合作的一个项目。音乐冲击通过三个相互关联的工作包(WPS)运行。WP1包括一项为期四年的音乐家表演身体和精神健康状况研究。虽然之前的研究主要着眼于音乐家的横截面，但WP1采取了对音乐学院的学生、教职员工和校友进行大规模纵向研究的形式，试图了解英国音乐家中受伤和健康不良的发生率、程度和发展。WP1采用了健康促进、焦虑、完美主义、心血管健康以及体力和灵活性的标准化衡量标准，并辅之以对音乐家健康文化的定性探索。WP2对练习和表演进行调查，记录他们的身体和精神需求，以及成功满足这些需求的音乐家的特征。在音乐家的练习和表演过程中，将进行生理和生物力学评估，包括使用肌电图仪记录和分析肌肉活动，以及使用便携式气体分析仪监测能量消耗。WP3在WPS 1和WPS 2的基础上，探索在音乐教育和专业领域促进健康，并探索实际应用，以加强培训和支持服务。WP3包括制定两项健康促进方案：一项针对初级音乐学院学生，另一项针对高级音乐学院学生。这些方案将通过案例研究、问卷调查和访谈进行试点和评估，然后在中央联合王国所有音乐学院的初级和高级方案中全面提供。音乐影响是世界上最大的此类研究项目。它超越了现有的研究，提供了对慢性和急性健康问题及其随时间的影响所需的洞察力(WP1)、音乐制作的身体和精神需求(WP2)以及有效的健康促进战略(WP3)。该项目的成果将通过学术成果(包括一本编辑过的书)、为音乐教师和学生举办的六个讲习班以及两个免费提供的资料包来交付。

Few pursuits are as dynamic and enjoyable as making music. Each day, thousands of people in the UK engage in some sort of musical activity. Central to these endeavours is good health. Physical and mental wellbeing can shape how musicians, from beginners to professionals, pursue their art and the pleasure they take from it. The results of recent research, however, suggest that injury and ill health are widespread among musicians and that healthy approaches to training and working in music are far from uniform. This project investigates the health and wellbeing of musicians. In doing so, it generates new knowledge of the physical and mental demands of music making and sheds light on the ways in which musicians at all levels meet those demands, both constructively and destructively. While musicians typically have a long history of self-sufficiency in managing the challenges of performing, this project aims to complement musicians' own ingenuity by providing comprehensive, evidence-led resources to help maximise educational and professional opportunities. Musical Impact is a project of Conservatoires UK (CUK), in association with Cardiff University, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Association of British Orchestras (ABO), British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM), the Musicians' Union, and the International Health Humanities Network (IHHN). Musical Impact operates through three interrelated work packages (WPs). WP1 comprises a four-year study of musicians' physical and mental fitness for performance. While previous research has largely looked at cross-sections of musicians, WP1 takes the form of a large-scale longitudinal study with conservatoire students, staff and alumni, seeking to understand the incidence, extent and development of injuries and ill-health among British musicians. WP1 employs standardized measures of health promotion, anxiety, perfectionism, cardiovascular fitness and physical strength and flexibility, complemented by qualitative exploration of the cultures of musicians' health. WP2 places practice and performance under investigation, documenting their physical and mental demands and the characteristics of musicians who successfully meet those demands. Physiological and biomechanical assessments will be made during the practice and performance of musicians, including the recording and analysis of muscle activity using electromyography and the monitoring of energy expenditure with portable gas analysers. WP3 builds upon WPs 1 and 2, exploring health promotion in music education and the profession and exploring practical applications to enhance training and support services. WP3 includes the development of two programmes of health promotion: one for junior conservatoire students and one for senior conservatoire students. These programmes will be piloted and evaluated through case studies, a questionnaire survey and interviews, before being delivered in full at junior- and senior-programmes across all CUK conservatoires. Musical Impact is the largest research initiative of its kind worldwide. It moves beyond existing research to contribute needed insight into chronic and acute health problems and their impact over time (WP1), the physical and mental demands of music making (WP2), and effective strategies for health promotion (WP3). The project's outcomes will be delivered through a combination of scholarly outputs (including an edited book), six workshops held for music teachers and students, and two freely-available resource packs.