About JudithJudith Muir Email: judithmuir@cpdmusic.com Judith Muir teaches the Alexander Technique in the Theatre Department of Bard College, and she is the co-founder, with her husband Peter Muir, Dip. IMH Ph.D., of Music for Life, a program based upon the work of John Diamond, M.D. She is one of a handful of people in the world certified to teach the Diamond-Dart Meridian Sequence.
Her first exposure to Alexander’s work came in 1972 while studying clarinet, piano and voice at the Coventry School of Music. The benefits to her music were immediate; her clarinet playing actually became easier. She went on to attend the Royal Academy of Music where she was awarded the Drapers Scholarship for Advanced Clarinet Studies. Later Judith completed her Masters in Music in clarinet performance at the Manhattan School of Music. Much in demand as a soloist and chamber musician, Judith has appeared at numerous venues including Wigmore Hall in London and Carnegie Hall in New York City. After training as an Alexander teacher in 1983 with Walter Carrington at the Constructive Teaching Center in London, she was invited to teach in Cape Town, South Africa for three months. Upon relocating to New York a year later, she served as Vice Chair of ACAT New York and was a founding member of the North American Society for Teachers of the Alexander Technique (now AmSAT). While in Manhattan, Judith maintained a large teaching practice, and served on the faculty of the Actors Movement Studio for eight years. She has been guest instructor in the music, dance and drama departments of Universities in Michigan, New Jersey and Georgia and has appeared numerous times on radio and television. A longstanding interest and involvement in healing and the power of music led to a degree in music therapy, and in 1997, after working with children with special needs, Judith began her study with Dr. John Diamond, a leading authority on the use of music and the creative arts as methods of life enhancement and healing. |
