About Debi & Contact Info
Debi is a Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique having received her certificates from Tommy Thompson and from Alexander Technique International. She is also a Nationally Certified Teacher of Piano. In recent years Debi has added The Actors Secret training to her studies. This work, taught by Betsy Polatin, combines Alexander Technique with Peter Levine’s Somatic Experiencing© work and the breath work of Carl Stough.
Debi holds a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance from Boston University. She currently teaches the Technique at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and the Alexander Technique Center at Cambridge. She runs a teacher-training course at The Boston Conservatory, maintains a private practice in piano and the Alexander Technique and performs in the Boston area. She has taught workshops throughout the USA, and in Japan, Peru, South Korea, Germany and the Czech Republic. See her piano workshop website www.thewelltemperedpianist.com .
Debi’s interest in the work stems from her own experience recovering from hand injury. The Alexander work was last in a long line of investigations toward healing. It was the only discipline that sufficiently addressed her needs. She feels a responsibility to share this important work with others. She has published articles in various music and Alexander journals. You can read her article here on Piano and Alexander Technique. You can also listen to two interviews: http://alexanderaudio.com/applications/adamsinjury.mp3 , http://alexandertechnique.com/ats/adamsatteachers.mp3
Here’s a testimonial as well:
Debi Adams and her approach to AT has changed my life. I had developed some bad habits in my trumpet playing after having played in major orchestras for 15 years. I had tried everything to fix my issues and wasn’t getting anywhere. I was stressed all the time and was constantly concerned if I could get through my next performance. I couldn’t imagine continuing like that indefinitely.
My wife had just started AT teacher training and suggested I see Debi for some lessons. My first lesson was eye opening… She noticed I was sucking in my stomach and asked if I was aware of it. I replied that it was a habit from ten years prior, when I had a herniated disc in my back. Her follow up question was one that continues to be a theme in sorting through various patterns “Is that habit still serving you?”
I had taught myself how to play the trumpet after leaving school, but I was missing the holistic approach Debi brings to her work – everything is connected. What I learned from my two years of lessons with Debi has transformed my trumpet playing and teaching. Her approach through AT of slowing response to stimuli has calmed and centered me, no doubt adding years to my career, and, in the process, making me a better husband, parent, friend, performer, and teacher.”
Contact info:
Debi Adams & Associates, 33A Harvard Street, Suite 302, Brookline, MA 02445
617-290-6935 dadams@berklee.edu
Debi Adams, Alexander Technique 