
Rebecca Herman
@bexherman
Cellist, PhD student researching mindfulness for performance anxiety @ Royal College of Music, mum, challenger of misogynistic parenting ’wisdom’. Enthusiast.
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24-06-2009 02:00:39
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Such an unbelievable joy and privilege to play with Kavakos and Philharmonia Orchestra Southbank Centre yesterday - truly one of the most generous and inspiring musicians / humans I’ve met. Now to Royal College of Music to share some thoughts on performance anxiety with 1st year undergrads 🤓🎵

A surreal and thrilling experience to see my work in print as of this morning! Huge thanks to my co-author and supervisor Terry Clark, my wonderful directing supervisor Prof Rosie Perkins and LAHP for their support. Centre for Performance Science Royal College of Music Frontiers - Psychology 'frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

What a delicious smorgasbord of music, always such a joy to work with the brilliant young cellists Royal Academy of Music Junior Department. 🎵💃🏻


Excited to be co-running a Mindfulness for Musicians workshop with fab cellist & meditation teacher Ruth Phillips on Thurs 7th Dec 2.30-5.30pm North London Buddhist Centre. More info & reserve your spot here: mailchi.mp/b88b6574b0ec/t… #mindfulness #anxiety #performance #musicians (Please share)


“A devastatingly efficient way of shoring up the prevailing view that classical music is for nobody but the male, old, leather-elbowed elite…” Nancy Durrant 💛💙 standard.co.uk/culture/music/…

God I love Brahms 4! 😍 Such a treat to play it last night with the wonderful Semyon Bychkov & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Barbican Centre. 11 hrs later, time for a big ☕️ and ready to dig into Prokofiev 6 with Philharmonia Orchestra & Paavo Jarvi 💃🏻#MusicianWeekend

Stonking Prokofiev 6 this afternoon with Philharmonia Orchestra & Maestro Paavo Jarvi Southbank Centre 💃🏻 Quick refuel wagamama uk London Gatwick LGW and off to Ireland! V much looking forward to spending the day at Cork School of Music tomorrow MTU Cork School of Music


SO MANY CELLOS!!! 😍 Bravo Helen Neilson for all the amazing work you do! #everychildcan


So exciting to see my doctoral research published in new Frontiers - Psychology ebook 'Highlights in Performance Science: Music Performance Anxiety' available here: frontiersin.org/research-topic… Centre for Performance Science LAHP Royal College of Music #performanceanxiety


Beautiful and wise words from Jonathan Wittenberg.

Don’t miss this lecture by Professor Prof Rosie Perkins -Such fascinating and important research - all info in the link. #PostnatalMentalHealth

Thrilled to be joining the The Yehudi Menuhin School team this year as VMS cello tutor! menuhinschool.co.uk/virtual-school…

Love this photo of my brilliant dad doing his thing! David Herman talking about Kafka at Jewish Book Week Kings Place #JewishBookWeek


A great array of CPS research in this term's Upbeat including Aaron Williamon and George Waddell on the new Performance Lab, several Music and Wellbeing projects led by Prof Rosie Perkins, Neta Spiro, & Tania Lisboa, and PhD publications by Ugne Peistaraite and Rebecca Herman.

Can’t wait to get my paws on a copy of this fab new book from Prof Prof Rosie Perkins!


SO lovely to see my brilliant dad David Herman speaking about my grandfather Josef Herman's time in Ystradgynlais (11 mins in to 12"30). I was too young when he died to understand what he lived through, so feel very lucky to have clips like this one. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…