Hi Folks, thanks for visiting!
I'm a pianist living in Southern California who has a specialty rehabbing people who get upper extremity injuries while working at the piano. I have a Bachelors' and MFA degrees in piano performance from the University of California, and I studied in Paris at the École Nôrmale de Mûsique. I've had some very famous teachers, and I have worked as a teaching assistant at the Taubman Institute in New York and Massachusetts. I've published basic research documenting my work with injuries, and applied the same techniques to injuries related to computer use and intrinsic ergonomics factors in a business and industrial setting. I like Debussy, chocolate, the tango, red wine, and cats.
I also consult in the public and private sectors about upper extremity injuries, ergonomics, and public policy. You can find more information about my activities and research here.
Articles I've worked on a bunch:
- Frieda Belinfante - I expanded the material by more than 80%
- The Laguna Beach Chamber Music Society - I wrote the whole thing.
- Dorothy Taubman - I'm so proud of myself. I wrote the entire section on "coordinate motion" for this article, no small feat!
- repetitive strain injury