Breaking Barriers in Music: Accessibility and Innovation in Piano Playing With Alexis Barton and Kenneth Thompson
Send a text This episode explores innovative approaches to accessibility in music education, focusing on the importance of body awareness, ergonomic instruments, and challenging traditional norms. Guests Ken Thompson and Alexis Barton share personal stories, technical insights, and practical solutions to make music more inclusive and physically sustainable. key topics The importance of space and absorption in learningIntroduction to narrow-sized keyboards and their benefitsThe role of b...
9 Feb 2026
When Technique Becomes Painful: Revolutionizing Music Education with Kenneth Thompson
Send a text In this episode of the Becoming mBODYed podcast, host Shawn Copeland speaks with Kenneth Thompson, founder of the Musical Arts Center of San Antonio. They discuss the importance of safety and belonging in cultivating creativity and authenticity in the performing arts. Kenneth shares his journey through music education, emphasizing the need for a holistic approach to technical development and the modernization of traditional music education practices. They explore the impact of pas...
9 Dec 2025
Identity, Belonging, and the Art of Teaching: A Conversation with Dr. Amanda Heim
Send us a text Many of us move through our teaching lives switching rooms in the same house. We shift between roles. We improvise. We carry a private mix of doubt, intuition, brilliance, and care. In this episode, Shawn sits down with longtime colleague and former student Dr. Amanda Heim, saxophone professor at Gettysburg College, to revisit how somatic work shaped her teaching and the artistic lives of her students for more than a decade. Their conversation moves through memory, identi...
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