ABOUT
Judith Muir
Judith Muir M.M. M.AmSAT., is a
professional musician, award-winning music
educator, and certified Alexander Technique Teacher.
Credentials
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Royal Academy of Music, U.K. 4-year Performance Course
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STAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique U.K., Walter and Dilys Carrington.
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Manhattan School of Music M.M. U.S.A
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Music Therapy Degree SUNY New Paltz, U.S.A.
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Dalcroze Eurythmics Training, U.S.A.
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Diamond Method for Music, U.S.A.
Judith’s interest in the relationship between music and healing was originally sparked while she was studying music at Coventry School of Music. After her first Alexander Technique lesson, she experienced greater improvements to her playing than doing the things recommended to by her very famous clarinet teacher.
Over the last forty years, she has continued to explore this relationship by studying many methods. This increased understanding permeates her teaching, maximizing her capacity to help all her students.
Music Background
A distinguished clarinetist and teacher, Judith has performed both classical and jazz concerts at venues including Carnegie Hall (USA), St. Martin in the Fields, and The Wigmore Hall (UK). She has a Master's in Music from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City and completed a four-year performers course at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
Alexander Technique
Judith is a senior Alexander Technique teacher with over forty years of teaching and teacher training experience on three continents. She was a founding member of the American Society of Alexander Teachers (AmSAT, the largest professional organization of Alexander teachers in the US) and vice chair at the American Center for the Alexander Technique. For twelve years, she taught the Alexander Technique at Bard College as associate professor of theatre, having previously taught at the Actors’ Movement Studio in New York City, Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, and the Powerhouse Theatre Apprentice Program, Vassar College.