Health in Music Education

Engineering Contributionsto Health in Music Education

Health in Music Education Symposium

September 30, 2016

George V. Kondraske, Ph.D.Director, Human Performance Institute

Professor, Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering

kondraske@uta.edu

1995 – Institute for Music Research, San Antonio

Kondraske GV, & Chesky K S. (1995). Measurement technology for the elemental resource model: Talent assessment and prediction. Institute for Music Research, San Antonio.

"We're pooling our resources," Chesky adds, describing the work that he says is right on the edge of being given an official, institutional, fundable .. existence.

It's work that will combine not only .. UNT's Health Science Center .. and the College of Music, but also the ..Department of Speech and Hearing Science as well as the work of.. Dr. George Kondraske, professor of electrical and biomedical engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Engineering Contributions

What Do Engineers Do?

• Solve Problems

• Design, Build, and Test “Things”

FOR EXAMPLE..

Clarinet – Right Thumb Forces

Clarinet – Right Thumb Forces

Clarinet – Right Thumb Forces

Michael Thrasher, Ph.D.

Thrasher M, Chesky K. Medical problems of Clarinetists: Results from the UNT Musician Health Survey. The Clarinet1998 25(4):24-27.

Michael Thrasher, Ph.D.Associate Dean, Academic Affairs andDirector of Graduate StudiesFlorida State University

Problems – Trumpet

Chesky K, Devroop K, Ford J III. Medical problems of

brass instrumentalists: prevalence rates for trumpet,

trombone, French horn, and low brass. Medical

Problems of Performing Artists. 2002 17(2):93-98.

3D Trumpet Force Sensor

3D Trumpet Force Sensor

James Ford, Ph.D.

James Ford, Ph.D.Professor of Trumpet and Jazz StudiesCalifornia State University Los Angeles

Ford, J. A scientific characterization of trumpet mouthpiece forces in the context of pedagogical brass literature. University of North Texas, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2007.

Karendra Devroop, Ph.D.

Karendra Devroop, Ph.D.Professor of Musicand Director of the Music DirectorateUniversity of South Africa

Devroop K, Chesky K. Comparison of biomechanical forces generated during trumpet performance in contrasting settings. Medical Problems of Performing Artists 2002 17(4):149-154

Trumpet Force Sensor

Oops – Almost Forgot – Calibration!

Engineers => Models!

Intraoral Pressure Measurement

Michael Adduci, Ph.D.

Dynamic measurement of intraoral pressure and sound pressure with laryngoscopic characterization during oboe performance. University of North Texas, ProQuestDissertations Publishing, 2011.

Michael Adduci, Ph.D.LecturerSan Jose State University

Hands – And Pain

Katrin Meidell, Ph.D.

Katrin MeidellAssistant Professor of ViolaBall State University

Meidell, K. L. (2011). Epidemiological evaluation of pain among string instrumentalists. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS.

Hands, Pain, and PIANO..Keyboard Forces..

Eri Yoshimura, Ph.D.

Eri Yoshimura, Ph.D.Piano TeacherGray School, Dallas.

Patterson R, Kondraske G, Yoshimura E, Kumar S, and Chesky K. (2011) A measurement tool to assess hand kinematics and kinetics in piano players. Proceedings of theASME 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference.

Hand Span – and Pain

PERFORMANCE is PERVASIVE

And More..

VERY

COMPLEX!

Measurement of Human Performance Capacities

Performance Models - Prediction of Surgeon Performance

Music “Performance Models”