Keeping the Beat
Healthy Aging Through Amateur Chamber Music Playing

Ada P. Kahn, Ph.D.

 Check out some of Ada's favorite sites dealing with chamber music, aging, and related issues.

The Amateur Chamber Music Players

www.acmp.net
Amateur Chamber Music Players, Inc. is a non-profit association that facilitates informal playing and singing by people of all ages and nationalities, beginners to professionals.

Chicago Flute Club
www.chicagofluteclub.org

National Flute Association
www.nfaonline.org

Music Institute of Chicago
www.musicinst.com

2young2retire.com
A site dedicated to providing retirement resources and alternatives to the growing number of adventurous people who view their "prime time" as a gift.

Making Music, a monthly magazine for musicians
www.makingmusicmag.com

Dan Tucker, Composer
www.dantuckercomoser.com

Kristin Lems, Ph.D., Performing songwriter and folksinger, Evanston, IL.
www.kristinlems.com

Musician2Go.com

www.musician2go.com

A full service directory for freelance musicians

Useful Recordings and Books

• Adams, Noah. Piano Lessons: Music, Love, and True Adventure New York: Delacorte Press, 1996.

• Booth, Wayne. For The Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999.

• Dawson, William J. Fit as a Fiddle: The Musician's Guide to Playing Healthy.  Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007.   

• Frederiksen, Brian. Arnold Jacobs: Song and Wind. Gurnee, IL: Windsong Press Limited, 2002.

• Kahn, Ada P. Keeping The Beat: Healthy Aging Through Amateur Chamber Music Playing. Evanston, IL: Wordscope Associates, 1999.

• Lems-Dworkin, Carol. Bach's Ornaments: A Lecture Performance (A how-to demonstration at the piano of four common ornaments, using 33 excerpts from Bach's music.)

• Quitmayer, Diane and Philip Wesley. Musical Journeys: Relaxation Exercises, Volume One and Volume Two.