Alison Young: At the Speed of Andante
Join us on Tuesday, November 12 at 7pm for the second speaker in our Fall 2024 Inspired Life Speaker series "Music and Wellness."
Andante (on-DON-tay) is a musical term that means “at a moderate walking speed." Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Bach are just a few of the classical composers who walked at the speed of andante to capture their muse and compose some of the most enduring music ever written. What they discovered intuitively was that walking is not separate from creativity – it’s largely responsible for creativity.
This came as welcome news to Alison Young who lives a dual life as a professional musician and long distance backpacker. She shares her enthusiasm for the intersection of classical music and walking as well as ways to tap into your own creativity for a more balanced life.
A former professional flutist and American Public Media radio host, Alison Young is the “solo, female, middle-aged, titanium-reinforced, neurological-movement-disorder manager, cancer-thriver and long-distance backpacker” Blissful Hiker. She shares stories about her life as a musician and thru-hiker through image, found sound, poetic and metaphor-rich word, bringing alive lessons that inspire, energize and ultimately heal the body, mind and spirit.
Learn more on the Inspired Life page.
Andante (on-DON-tay) is a musical term that means “at a moderate walking speed." Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Bach are just a few of the classical composers who walked at the speed of andante to capture their muse and compose some of the most enduring music ever written. What they discovered intuitively was that walking is not separate from creativity – it’s largely responsible for creativity.
This came as welcome news to Alison Young who lives a dual life as a professional musician and long distance backpacker. She shares her enthusiasm for the intersection of classical music and walking as well as ways to tap into your own creativity for a more balanced life.
A former professional flutist and American Public Media radio host, Alison Young is the “solo, female, middle-aged, titanium-reinforced, neurological-movement-disorder manager, cancer-thriver and long-distance backpacker” Blissful Hiker. She shares stories about her life as a musician and thru-hiker through image, found sound, poetic and metaphor-rich word, bringing alive lessons that inspire, energize and ultimately heal the body, mind and spirit.
Learn more on the Inspired Life page.
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