
Dr Anne-Marie Czajkowski
- Position: Lecturer
- Areas of expertise: mindfulness for musicians; music psychology; acappella vocal performance studies; vocal pedagogy
- Email: A.L.Czajkowski@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: Monday, Room 2:07; Friday, Room 2:19 School of Music (New Building)
- Website: Mindfulness for Singers | ORCID
Profile
I gained my MMus in Applied Psychology of Music (Distinction) in 2013 at the Univeristy of Leeds.
I gained a scholarship at to continue my studies at Leeds to PhD level in 2015 and completed in 2018. I was the DARE Academic Post-Doctoral Research Assistant working with Professor Karen Burland on a collaborative study between the University and Opera North (2018- ).
I have published three articles on the effects of teaching mindfulness to singers and instrumentalists. I am currently researching the effects of long term mindfulness and meditation practices on professional musicians.
I work in the fields of music psychology, music theatre, and performance studies and I am currently the module lead for the Music, Wellbeing and its Evaluation Masters Module (22-23). I am also a book reviewer for the British Journal of Music Education, a lecturer with both Vocal Health Education and Voice Workshop (MA Professional Practice (Performance Coaching for Performing Artists)), and I teach voice at Garforth Academy and privately at home.
Responsibilities
- Module Leader MUSS5731
Research interests
My primary area of interest is music psychology and my specialism is the effects of teaching mindulness to musicians in which I gained my PhD. Other interests and teaching have resided within the areas of musicians’ identity, historical and contextual studies in the field of music theatre, and practical performance studies.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- PhD in Applied Psychology of Music
- MMus in Applied Psychology of Music
- BA(Hons) in Music
- ARCM(PG)
- AFHEA
Professional memberships
- FISM
- AOTOS
Student education
I teach on the Music Psychology, Music Theatre, and Performance Study modules.