By the later half of his career, he developed a passion for the art of massage, in particular sports massage and its health benefits; and he also qualified as a Pilates instructor. It was this interest in integrating therapies which led him to later train as an Osteopath at the British School of Osteopathy, graduating in In , he officially graduated from University College London as one of the first students with the new M. Sc degree in Performing Arts Medicine, the first course of its kind in the world, focusing on the specific issues concerning actors, singers, dancers, instrumentalists and other performers.
Areas of special interest include breathing and voice. His M. Sc research project involved a previously untested and researched area: breathing whilst singing and dancing simultaneously, testing West End Musical theatre performers as they performed extracts from their shows. Formal training. Professional work. Sliiden, Beck, MacDonald ; An evaluation of the breathing strategies and maximum phonation time in musical theatre performers during controlled performance tasks; Journal of Voice.
March Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages Tommis M. Sc students at UCL in The project involved a previously untested and researched area: breathing whilst singing and dancing simultaneously, testing West End Musical theatre performers as they performed extracts from their shows.
Full paper can be retrieved from Journal of Voce web site jvoice. Tommi Sliiden. Home Work Background Treatments Testimonials. Training Formal training M. Abstract: An evaluation of the breathing strategies and maximum phonation time in musical theatre performers during controlled performance tasks. Breathing during exercise or dancing, and singing involves much contrasting breathing patterns; tasks that musical theatre performers are expected to combine, with breath control for high phonation times, long notes or phrases, especially challenging.
This unique study measures how exertion from dancing affects MPT in healthy subjects and, uniquely, testing breathing during simultaneous singing and dancing. Main aim was to find a method allowing investigation of the effects upon the respiratory system of various effortful tasks associated with musical theatre performance. In addition, measurements were taken of MPT and Heart rate, standing still at rest a , and directly after each performance task b ; and Vital Capacity, at the beginning and at the end of the session.
