Creative Skills Training Council - on Creating Peak Performance - Flow in Music and Sport

Recently the Creative Skills Training Council conducted a program in Melbourne on Creating Peak Performance - Flow in Music and Sport.

Georges McKail provided an excellent graphical report of the event - as shown in the pdf at this link: 

Graphical Report by Georges McKail on CSTC Melbourne Meeting

 Additional background:

 There were some key personalities and contributors to the forum there including:

Panel: Creating Peak Performance - Flow in Music and in Sport

Rachael Beesley

Violinist, Rachael Beesley is one of Australia’s most versatile and dynamic performers. Based in The Netherlands for the last 14 years, Rachael has established an exciting career of touring, recording and teaching, specialising in Early Music. In addition to her performances as concertmaster with leading European orchestras, working with conductors such as Alan Curtis, Sigiswald Kuijken and William Christie, Rachael is much in demand as a chamber musician and soloist, regularly collaborating with contemporary composers as well as exploring repertoire from the 17th to 20th centuries on period instruments. She has performed on over 40 recordings and as professor at the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague, Rachael has developed unique courses on Historical Performance Practice and Practising In Flow. The vitality and originality of the Australian music scene has drawn Rachael back to her homeland where in 2009, she will direct performances with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Melbourne Chamber Orchestra; appear as concertmaster with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Pinchgut Opera and Opera Australia and tour nationally for Musica Viva with the Ironwood Chamber Ensemble. For further information, visit www.rachaelbeesley.com

Catherine Freeman

In the Track & Field 400m, Catherine Freeman won Olympic Gold in Sydney in 2000, when she was the face of the Games and lit the Olympic flame. She won Silver at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, after having run in her first Olympics in Barcelona in 1992. Catherine is also a dual 400m World Champion (1997 & 1999), Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist and multiple Australian national champion. She is a national icon in Australia and was Australian of the Year in 1998, after having received the Young Australian of the Year Award in 1991. Catherine has established the Catherine Freeman Foundation (http://www.catherinefreemanfoundation.com/ ) and is doing much to assist young indigenous Australians, in particular the community of Palm Island in far north Queensland, to make the most of educational opportunities . She is a leader in the community and is constantly requested to make appearances and support initiatives. Her television series with actor Deborah Mailman, ‘Going bush : adventures across indigenous Australia,’ was very well received by audiences throughout the world.

Sally Arnold

Sally Arnold is a former professional flautist who played internationally for a number of years before qualifying as a psychotherapist. She returned to Australia and worked in as Corporate Development Manager with the Australian Ballet. She worked for several years in Melbourne, during which time she worked with coaches and athletes at both the Victorian Institute of Sport and the New South Wales Institute of Sport. After moving to Byron Bay on the Far North Coast of NSW, she has returned to Melbourne, where she is working in the corporate world with her company, Corporate Creative Directions (http://www.ccdirections.com.au ).

Peter Spence

Peter is High Performance Consultant to the Beyond Excellence Group and its innovative new Beyond Excellence Golf Program. He was foundation coach at the Australian Institute of Sport Cricket Academy in Adelaide and Programs Manager at the Victorian Institute of Sport. Peter has a great interest in stimulating diversity and exchanging ideas, particularly by tapping the synergies that exist between the sport, dance, music, drama, art, design and corporate communities. He has developed good relationships with a number of leading organizations, including Cirque du Soleil, which he regards as an outstanding model for the achievement of performance excellence, and a number of key personnel in the performing arts and corporate sectors. He has a background in Physical Education and Sport Science, with a B.Ed (Phys.Ed) and M.Ed, plus post-graduate qualifications in Sport Science and Virtual Communication.