Forte Performance and Physical Therapy

04/10/2025

My mission is to help singers stop thinking so hard about how they are breathing and instead focus on the creative aspects of their music.

But sometimes things do feel stuck, harder than they used to, or painful.

If any of these things apply to you, you are not alone. And most importantly, there are ways to make it easier!

Reach out if you need help.

04/10/2025

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06/12/2024

Being a musician often requires stamina, strength, agility, and many more facets of fitness for a long, healthy lifetime of playing.

Fortissimo is a monthly membership that provides individualized training programs to musicians. I want musicians to enjoy their music-making to the fullest. Building a movement plan that helps them feel their best will help them do so!

Membership includes twice monthly virtual check-ins with yours truly and weekly programming delivered via TrueCoach app with video demos and instructions built in.

Some members have gym memberships or home gyms, and others are using what we can find around the home already.

All levels of fitness experience are welcome. I will always meet you where you are and work with you to build a plan to get you where you want to go.

Fortissimo is where musicians can get the same resources typical athletes have! I got you.

11/15/2023

It’s the time of year to feel grateful!

…Grateful to Anna Ray Photography for these amazing photos of June Clare at 3 weeks old!

…Grateful for all the loving support from our friends and family near and far!

…And grateful for the time we have had to bond with Junie, get to know ourselves as parents, and sleep whenever the opportunity presents itself!

09/08/2023

My mission: To help people get the tools they need to say “yes!” to what they want to do.

09/07/2023

Looking forward to this!

09/05/2023

Announcement: I’ll be on leave from now thru December. As the post says, we are going to go have this little baby sometime soon 👧

Please don’t hesitate to reach out during that time, but my presence on this app and via email will be limited and responses will be slow.

I’ll be offering some limited spots in December, so if you’re interested in getting a first look at those, please sign up for my December Waitlist (link in bio).

Thank you, all, for the love and support! 💛

08/24/2023

Go write reviews for your favorite businesses! It’s a free way to support them and we really feel the love!

So grateful for the lovely people I get to meet through Forte. I have best people.

07/18/2023

Sign-up is open until 7/25. Workouts begin 7/31.

Get in on this and start feeling like your best self this summer without having to plan it all out yourself.

07/11/2023

People are mostly doing just fine. You are not broken, you just need someone to help you find a path forward.

Don’t accept leaving your appointment feeling worse about how your body works. Find someone who will make you feel like you are doing great and could maybe even be doing greater!

07/10/2023

I had such a wonderful time in NYC at my first Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) conference this past weekend!

It was wonderful being surrounded by people who share a mission to bring the best resources to artists possible.

I met so many wonderful new colleagues and I feel so inspired!

I’ll be releasing part of my talk in podcast form this week, so stay tuned for that!

Thank you for the photos, Alana!

07/08/2023

Tomorrow morning at 9:15 in the Weill auditorium!

Come ready to move!

05/27/2023

The quiet before the storm! So fun to be backstage at The Flynn again!

05/23/2023

Yes!

That trainer you think you want to look like looks the way they do as the result of their own genetics, movement preferences, and the way they enjoy training themselves. If you do what they did, you will not get the same results. Seek a trainer who can help you sort out your own movement preferences and how they can help you to develop the quality of function you desire for yourself.

That singer who sounds the way you think you want to sound, who is enjoying the kind of career you desire for yourself, enjoys that success as the result of their own genetics, creativity, ambition, commitment, and good fortune.

But your success can only be fueled by your own creativity, ambition, and commitment.

Seek a voice teacher who offers a solid strategy for instructing you in the skills you need, while supporting and respecting your creativity, ambition, and commitment.

05/16/2023

I did a lot of deep diving into research on piano-related injuries yesterday. These are the most commonly reported areas of discomfort.

Have you experienced anything like this while playing?

05/15/2023

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05/11/2023

I decided to turn this story into a post after my DMs blew up with messages from people reporting they had had this experience with their docs about their backs, knees, necks and more.

To those of you who have had to hear this:

Your body parts are the same age as you. They have a future just as you do.

This type of statement has been well researched to be related to terrible outcomes. At the very least, it is completely unhelpful and lazy. But it also does HARM. The very thing we healthcare workers take an oath to avoid.

I am so sorry you were told this.

Please find a provider who is interested in problem-solving with you so you can live your best life.