Melissa Hullman
Violinist and yoga therapist Melissa Hullman’s Baltimore-based yoga therapy practice specializes in performance-injury recovery and prevention for musicians. Dedicated to helping her clients realize more of their innate potential through developing greater ease and presence in performance, she regularly appears as a guest clinician and gives private consultations to musicians from orchestras throughout the country. Posture & Alignment for Musicians workshops have included engagements at The Peabody Institute, the 2008 American String Teacher’s Association National Convention, and the Mid-Atlantic Flute Society Convention, and her private clients include members of the Baltimore Symphony, Baltimore Opera Company, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic, and the Sphinx Symphony. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, a licensed Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher, and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, the Performing Arts Medicine Association, and the Mid-Atlantic Yoga Teacher’s Association.
In addition, Ms. Hullman served on the faculty of the Peabody Institute for eight years as a member of the Violin and Viola Faculty, where she was co-founder and co-director of the Peabody Chamber Camp, and co-chair of Peabody’s Young People’s String Program. As an undergraduate, Ms. Hullman was a teaching assistant at the prestigious Meadowmount School and Executive Director and Chamber Music Faculty of a summer string program at the University of Michigan. Her versatility as a player has taken her from concerts as a recitalist and orchestral musician to engagements with a kaleidoscope of musicians, including Americana songwriter Caleb Stine, Indian slide guitarist Dave Cipriani, tabla master Debu Nyack, contemporary percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, and Carnatic singer KS Resmi. Recent performances include engagements at Canadian Music Week, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Hall for the Performing Arts, the Creative Alliance, the University of Baltimore, and Old Dominion University. Ms. Hullman holds a Bachelors of Music in Violin Performance from the University of Michigan, and a Masters of Music in Violin Performance and Pedagogy from the Peabody Conservatory.
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International Association of Yoga Therapists
Anusara Yoga
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