Matthew Jones, an internationally acclaimed violist and musicians’ health consultant, will present a lecture/demonstration on Alexander Technique and Kundalini Yoga and other wellness methods in Emerson Auditorium at the Taylor Music Center Monday, Feb. 15 at 4:30 p.m.
The event, titled “A Holistic Approach to Music-Making,” is sponsored by the Department of Music.
“Musicians, singers, and dancers are welcome to attend, as well as those with an interest in posture aches and pains, health and general well being,” said Hilary Tann, the John Howard Payne Professor of Music.
A native of Wales who lives in London, Jones was 22 and a student at London’s Royal College of Music when a Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) resulted in serious tendonitis. He gave up music for several years while visiting specialists to find a cure, and along the way, he discovered Alexander Technique and yoga as a way to relieve tension.
The winner of numerous musical prizes, Jones is violist of the Bridge Duo and the Debussy Ensemble and professor of viola and chamber music at the Charterhouse International Music Festival. In 2008, he made his Carnegie Hall debut. He has worked extensively as a health consultant to musical organizations such as the European Union Youth Orchestra, Berklee School of Music and Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
He has recorded four CDs, including one of Tann’s chamber music.