Expressive Playing & Injury Prevention
Hans Vonk Music House, 23 Hillside Court, South Spreyton.
Join internationally respected pedagogue Dr Rae de Lisle for a practical and inspiring one-hour workshop exploring the technical foundations of expressive piano playing. Drawing on insights from her acclaimed Fit 4 Piano approach, Rae will demonstrate how tone production and musicality are deeply connected to coordinated, tension-free movement, providing solutions that apply to pianists and instrumentalists at all levels.
The session will include Safe Practice: Strategies for Optimal Performance and Injury Prevention, where Dr De Lisle will address the physical demands of advanced playing. Using principles of ergonomics and body alignment, she will outline how to develop efficient technique and healthy practice routines. She will also discuss injury prevention and management, including how holistic approaches can support long-term performance wellbeing.
This workshop is ideal for music teachers, senior students, and motivated parents interested in supporting safe, expressive, and effective practice.
Afternoon tea to follow – bring a plate to share. Tea and coffee provided. Street parking available.
This event is supported by Arts Tasmania.
RAE DE LISLE
Dr Rae de Lisle, MNZM is one of New Zealand’s foremost piano pedagogues. Formerly Associate Professor and Head of Piano at the University of Auckland, she has produced many outstanding students, most notably John Chen, first prizewinner of the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition. Since then her students have won all the major piano competitions in New Zealand and have also been prizewinners internationally in the Lev Vlassenko Australasian Piano Competition, the Bradshaw and Buono Competition in New York, and the Perrenoud Foundation International Piano Competition.
Rae is Artistic Director of the Lewis Eady National Piano Competition and the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival. She is respected as as an adjudicator and has been on international competition juries which include the Dublin International Piano Competition and the Gina Bachauer International Junior and Young Artists Competition, as well as juries in Australia and Singapore. She is also an examiner for the New Zealand Music Examination Board.
Rae’s groundbreaking PhD research into focal dystonia, the most devastating of musician’s injuries, has resulted in specific concepts about instrumental retraining which has led to presentations and keynote speeches throughout the world. Her PhD has has received international recognition and is published by Paladinomedia.
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