Sequential Release of Videos on the First Monday of Each Month

1. Monday March 4th, 2024
   • Cello - performance and commentary with medical review
     • Focus: hand/arm positioning - stretching/warmup/dealing with injury
2. Monday April 1st, 2024
   • Teaching Vocal Health as a Music Educator
     • Focus: safe singing - vocal warmup/warm down, straw phonation (SOVT exercises), vocal rest, imaging of the larynx, Lombard effect, conserving teacher's voices
3. Monday May 6th, 2024
   • Hearing Protection for Musicians - Three Trombones - performance and commentary with medical review
     • Focus: noise induced hearing loss - ear protection
4. Monday June 2nd, 2024
   • Embouchure Dystonia - Trombone - "Losing the Lip" - Loss of Lip Control Wind Instruments -- Music and Medicine on Monday
     • Focus: define, diagnose, prevent and manage embouchure dystonia
5. Monday July 1st, 2024
   • Health Issues Playing the Marimba - Repetitive Motion, Posture, and More -- Music and Medicine on Monday
     • Focus: address warm-up, repetitive stress injury, management and prevention of injuries of percussionists
6. Monday August 5th, 2024
   • Vocal Health in the Professional Singer -- Music and Medicine on Monday
     • Focus: voice rest, medical therapy, dysphonia (nodules, polyps, hemorrhage, overuse) 
7. Monday September 9th, 2024
   • Double Bass - Techniques, Ergonomics, Practice Schedule -- Music and Medicine on Monday
     • Focus: body positioning/ergonomics, differing techniques, equipment
8. Monday October 7th, 2024
   • Guitar Playing - Part 1: Health Considerations - Music and Medicine on Monday
     • Focus: technique and instrumentation to maximize performance and minimize injury for guitar players
9. Monday November 4th, 2024
   • Musicians with Hearing Loss -- Performing with Hearing Impairment -- Bassoon Session 1 Music and Medicine on Monday
     • Focus: musicians who have already lost hearing to address challenges they face and strategies to accommodate
10. Monday December 2nd, 2024
    • Bassoon - Part 2 The Instrument and The Physiology
      • Focus: details regarding the instrument (bassoon) and the physiology required to play it; video of voice box (laryngopharynx during performance)
11. Monday January 6th, 2025
    • Guitar Playing Part 2: The Aging Guitarist - Music and Medicine on Monday
      • Focus: anticipating and adapting to changes with aging as it applies to guitar playing
12. Monday February 3rd, 2025
    • Tuba and Euphonium - Breath Support and Pulmonary Considerations - Music and Medicine on Monday
      • Focus: maximizing lung powered performance for wind instruments through pulmonary techniques and exercise
13. Monday March 3rd, 2025
    • Music Therapy Part 1: What is Music Therapy - Music and Medicine on Monday
      • Focus: define music therapy with emphasis on training involved, treatment methods used, and disease processes treated
14. Monday April 7th, 2025
    • Tuba and Euphonium Part 2 - The Instruments and Their History - Music and Medicine on Monday
      • Focus: identify how the tuba and euphonium were developed and discuss challenges performing with them
15. Monday May 5th, 2025
    • Music Therapy Part 2: Music Therapy for Parkinson's Disease - Maintaining Voice Strength - Music and Medicine on Monday
      • Focus: identify application of music therapy to improve quality of life for those with Parkinson's Disease -  voice and emotional well-being
16. Monday June 2nd, 2025
    • The Oboe – Part 1: Hand and Wrist Issues with Orthopedic Considerations Music and Medicine on Monday
      • Focus: hand and wrist anatomy, exercises, devices to identify managment of overuse  including tenosynovitis and arthritis

Recordings 

(Recital Hall, The Voxman Music Building - University of Iowa School of Music)

1. October 21, 2023 recordings completed

• Cello - performance and commentary with medical review
  • Focus: hand/arm positioning - stretching/warmup/dealing with injury
• Double Bass - performance and commentary with medical review
  • Focus: body positioning/ergonomics differing techniques

2. November 17, 2023 recordings completed

• Embouchure Dystonia -Trombone - performance and commentary with medical review
  • Focus: musician dystonia/embouchure dystonia methods to avoid and adapt/medical treatment
• Hearing Protection for Musicians - Three Trombones - performance and commentary with medical review
  • Focus: noise induced hearing loss - ear protection 

3. February 24, 2024 recordings completed

• Health Issues Playing the Marimba - Repetitive Motion, Posture, and More
  • Focus: address warm-up, repetitive stress injury, management and prevention of injuries of percussionists
• Vocal Health in the Professional Singer
  • Focus:  voice rest, medical therapy, dysphonia (nodules, polyps, hemorrhage, overuse)
• Teaching Vocal Health as a Music Educator -- Music and Medicine on Monday performance and commentary with medical review
  • Focus: safe singing - vocal warmup/warm down, straw phonation (SOVT exercises), vocal rest, imaging of the larynx, Lombard effect, conserving teacher's voices

4. September 14, 2024 recordings completed

• Guitar Playing - Part 1: Health Considerations - Music and Medicine on Monday
  • Focus: technique and instrumentation to maximize performance and minimize injury for guitar players
• Guitar Playing Part 2: The Aging Guitarist - Music and Medicine on Monday
  • Focus: anticipating and adapting to changes with aging as it applies to guitar playing
• Musicians with Hearing Loss -- Performing with Hearing Impairment -- Music and Medicine on Monday
  • Focus: musicians who have already lost hearing to address challenges they face and strategies to accommodate

5. September 21, 2024 recording completed

• Euphonium and Tuba - Breath Support and Pulmonary Considerations - Music and Medicine on Monday
• Tuba and Euphonium Part 2 - The Instruments and Their History - Music and Medicine on Monday

6. Feb 2, 2025 recording completed

• Music Therapy Part 1: What is Music Therapy? M+M+M - Music and Medicine on Monday
• Music Therapy Part 2: Music Therapy for Parkinson's Disease - Maintaining Voice Strength - Music and Medicine on Monday
• Oboe - The instrument
• Oboe - Hand wrist and other considerations

7. Future recordings

• Music Therapy 'What is Music Therapy"  "Music Therapy for Pain Managment/Mental Health/Parkinsons/Other Neurologic Conditions"
• Guitar hand/forearm/shoulder/back health issues; - the role for surgery
• Pregnancy impact on professional wind instrument players
• Performance Anxiety management
• Hand problems playing the oboe
• Embouchure considerations - lip surgery - trombone
• Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) in musicians
• Special Wind Instrument Techniques - Circular breathing

Disclaimer for M+M+M Video/Audio Podcasts

The contents of these video / audio podcast are for information purposes only and not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of any health condition or problem. The University of Iowa does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, physicians, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned this video or audio podcast and you should not rely on the information provided for medical decision making and should direct all questions regarding medical matters to their physician or other health care provider. Although the standards discussed herein reflect that which is provided in greater detail on the University of Iowa’s Head and Neck Protocols website, reliance on any information provided herein is solely at your own risk and does not create an express or implied physician-patient relationship.  

Mission Statement for M+M+M

The mission of “Music and Medicine on Monday” (M+M+M) is to provide an open on-line website Music and Medicine on Monday at the University of Iowa - Schedule of Events | Iowa Head and Neck Protocols (uiowa.edu) supplemented with videos and podcasts to educate teachers, students, musicians, and music-lovers how ‘to play and to stay healthy’. 

The M+M+M program is part of a larger the website (Iowa Head and Neck Protocols (uiowa.edu) which has expanded from its initial goal to provide clinically relevant information to health care providers. It now is also directed to others with an interest in medically related topics – including musicians.  Daily updates are performed to the Iowa Head and Neck Protocols by health care providers at the University of Iowa under the supervision of the Iowa Protocols Review Committee (IPRC). This committee is comprised of members of the University of Iowa Otolaryngology Department including the clinic administrator.

Support for the Iowa Head and Neck Protocols comes from institutional grants and donations listed in the navigation panel on each page (List of Donors). The Department of Otolaryngology, the School of Music, and the University of Iowa wish to acknowledge the support of those who share our educational goal. The University of Iowa appreciates that supporting benefactors recognize the University of Iowa's need for autonomy in the development of the content of the Iowa Head and Neck Protocols.

Other Resources

On Line Medical Journal focused on Musicians: Music and Medicine (iammonline.com)

Performing Arts Medical Association (PAMA): Home - PAMA (artsmed.org)