ABOUT LUCINDA LEWIS
Within the brass community, discussions about embouchure function
tend to be, more often than not, steeped in stylistic dogma. It is,
therefore, not surprising that ignorance has been the prevailing
understanding about brass performance overuse injuries. Sadly, in some
circles, these injuries are even dismissed as a weakness in the
afflicted player rather than the bona fide byproduct of too much
playing.
Embouchures.com was first posted in 2000 to provide
comprehensive information about the debilitating performance injuries
of brass players. Since then, tens of thousands of players, teachers,
and medical professionals have browsed the site.
The
information compiled on Embouchures.com has been developed from
thirty-five years of research and from the documented experiences of more than seven
thousand woodwind and brass players world wide.
Lucinda Lewis, author of Broken Embouchures, Embouchure Rehabilitation, The Buzz Pipe Book, The Healthy Embouchure Guide for Comeback and Amateur Brass Players, and the 10 1/2 Uncelebrated Etudes for Horn and Unacompaniment as well as numerous articles on embouchure, was formerly the principal horn of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra from 1977-2015. She has participates as a member of the faculty in the Performing Arts Medical Association annual symposium in Aspen, Colorado and given numerous presentations on embouchure health and performance injuries.
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