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Wellness Lounge

Friday, February 26

10:00 AM-4:30 PM

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Come join the ASTA Wellness Committee for a range of presentations to support your personal, professional, and students’ wellbeing! Members of the committee welcome you to join us for casual discussions for those interested in how wellness can enhance your life and profession. Come for fun materials and activities in addition to making new connections with like-minded musicians and teachers in the field!

10:00-10:45 AM: The YOU Menu: Self-Care à la Carte

In this creative self-care session, you will design a personalized menu of practices that restore and sustain you. Using a playful appetizer-entrée-dessert format, you’ll explore quick resets, meaningful rituals, and special-occasion treats that help maintain balance and joy throughout the school year.

Facilitator: Daryl Silberman

11:00 AM-12:30 PM: Lunch Hour

Meet members of the Wellness Committee, make new connections, and explore fun materials and activities to give your day a boost, bring your lunch and recharge!

12:30-1:15 PM: Listening for a Lifetime: Hearing Health for String Musicians

Hearing is one of a musician’s most important professional tools, yet it is often overlooked as an aspect of occupational health. Drawing on the perspective of a string player and teacher/conductor, this session explores strategies for protecting hearing while maintaining musical connection and performance quality.

Facilitator: Lina Jeong

1:15-2:00 PM: Open Time

Meet members of the Wellness Committee, make new connections, and explore fun materials and activities to give your day a boost!

2:00-2:45 PM: Using Non-Violent Communication to Better Navigate Conflict and Difficult Relationships

Most everyone finds themselves in difficult-to-manage relationships from time to time. Learn a simple four-step practice to communicate clearly without escalating conflict, and how to flip the same practice around to ask and listen better to others. We will practice the technique in the safety of small groups, and we will also discuss ways that we can model the technique with students from studio to large ensemble settings.

Facilitator: Tawnya Smith

2:45-3:30 PM: Open Time

Meet members of the Wellness Committee, make new connections, and explore fun materials and activities to give your day a boost!

3:30-4:15 PM: Explore Mindful Art as a Self-Care Practice

Mindful, meditative art is a creative and low-stakes self-care practice that can help you unwind. Come create something that is all yours in a safe space, all supplies provided and no prior skills required!

Facilitator: Noelle Rader

Wellness Committee Roundtable

Saturday, February 27

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

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Getting “Well” with Wellness: Perspectives on Integration

Come learn how wellbeing and musicians’ health has been integrated in real-world music spaces and classrooms at both the K-12 and College/University levels. Join others in a discussion of what would be helpful for your own efforts and goals in facilitating healthy music learning and how the Wellness Committee can support you!

Facilitators: Members of the Wellness Committee