Research Interests
Jillian's research interests include:
- Somatic training as a pedagogical tool in music education
- Bio-physical factors related to playing related pain in musicians
- Socio-psychological factors of playing-related pain in musicians
- Motor control and biomechanics of piano playing
- Movement tracking and video analysis of piano playing
- Video as a feedback tool in observational learning
- The Feldenkrais Method
Publications
Beacon, J.F., Comeau, G., & Russell, D. (2021). The Feldenkrais Method for musicians: Addressing the need for objective measurements (pp. 103-115).. In R. Sholl (Ed.), Feldenkrais and Creative Practice. Methuen Drama Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Beacon, J.F., Comeau, G., &Russell, D. (2021). Gaining insight on the impact of Feldenkrais Functional Integration in the context of piano playing: Considerations for measuring posture and movement quality (pp. 116-124). In R. Sholl (Ed.), Feldenkrais and Creative Practice. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Comeau, G., Beacon, J., Dempsey, E., Swirp, M., Balaa, F., Chen, K. C. J., & Russell, D. (2020). Differences in practice behaviours between expert musicians and non-musicians when learning a basic surgical skill. Music and Medicine, 12(1), 19-36.
Beacon, J. F., Comeau, G., Payeur, P., & Russell, D. (2017). Assessing the suitability of Kinect for measuring the impact of a week-long Feldenkrais method workshop on pianists’ posture and movement. Journal of Music, Technology & Education, 10(1), 51-72.
Payeur, P., Nascimento, G. M. G., Beacon, J., Comeau, G., Cretu, A. M., D'Aoust, V., & Charpentier, M. A. (2014, October). Human gesture quantification: An evaluation tool for somatic training and piano performance. In Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games (HAVE), 2014 IEEE International Symposium on (pp. 100-105). IEEE.
Beacon, J.F., Comeau, G., &Russell, D. (2021). Gaining insight on the impact of Feldenkrais Functional Integration in the context of piano playing: Considerations for measuring posture and movement quality (pp. 116-124). In R. Sholl (Ed.), Feldenkrais and Creative Practice. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Comeau, G., Beacon, J., Dempsey, E., Swirp, M., Balaa, F., Chen, K. C. J., & Russell, D. (2020). Differences in practice behaviours between expert musicians and non-musicians when learning a basic surgical skill. Music and Medicine, 12(1), 19-36.
Beacon, J. F., Comeau, G., Payeur, P., & Russell, D. (2017). Assessing the suitability of Kinect for measuring the impact of a week-long Feldenkrais method workshop on pianists’ posture and movement. Journal of Music, Technology & Education, 10(1), 51-72.
Payeur, P., Nascimento, G. M. G., Beacon, J., Comeau, G., Cretu, A. M., D'Aoust, V., & Charpentier, M. A. (2014, October). Human gesture quantification: An evaluation tool for somatic training and piano performance. In Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games (HAVE), 2014 IEEE International Symposium on (pp. 100-105). IEEE.