The teachers at Musicians’ Health and Movement Institute

Tina Margareta Nilssen, Founder

Tina is the founder of Musicians’ Health and Movement institute in Oslo where the Timani certification course is held. She created the Timani method and she teaches regularly at top level institutions worldwide. She will sometimes be present during the certification days, and you will hear her teach through the Timani Community online course and through the comprehensive online material for Timani teachers that you will have access to once you join the course.

Jay Crossland, Director of programmes

Jay is the Programmes Director at the Musicians’ Health and Movement Institute. She is from the UK and has been teaching for over 20 years. Most recently, from 2015 - 2020, she was the Academic Director at the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Palestine.

She is a horn player, teacher and conductor, and also plays the bass and piano. She is a trained Timani teacher and has experience with Alexander Technique. She has taught at music schools in London and Yorkshire in the UK, holds postgraduate qualifications in music and music performance (York University and The Royal College of Music) and a bachelors in English literature.

She has been helping the institute to systemise content and build the new online course modules since September 2020.

Steinar Børmer, Senior institute teacher 

Steinar Børmer is a Senior Timani teacher at the institute. He teaches and deals with finances at the Musicians’ Health and Movement. He has been a Timani teacher since 2016 and a double bass player in the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra since 2010. Steinar is also a MovNat instructor.

Miriam Hlavatý, Senior institute teacher 

Miriam is a Timani Senior Teacher, pianist, bodyworker, somatic coach and lecturer who lives in Oslo. She is trained as a classical pianist at NMH and holds annual lectures on Pain, the Nervous system and the Fascia system at the Musicians Health and Movement Institute and at the Institute of Music at NTNU, Trondheim. She is a certified Restorative Exercise specialist of Nutritious Movement™ and is currently in training for the bodywork- and massage technique Myofascial Energetic Release which combines deep tissue body work with somatic awareness and trauma work. www.thelisteningexperience.com

Christine Clancy, Institute teacher

Christine is an American flutist living in Sweden. She is an active orchestral and chamber musician as well as the founder of Effortless Musician. Christine is a Timani teacher, yoga teacher, and performance coach with a Bachelors degree in neuroscience from Brown University as well as postgraduate flute performance degrees from conservatories in the UK, Denmark, and Sweden. She teaches both online and in person.

Björg Brjansdottir, Institute teacher 

Björg is a flautist and a Timani teacher who lives in Reykjavik and Copenhagen. She is the principal in a music school in Reykjavik, plays in orchestras and tours with Björk. She offers sessions in Reykjavik, Copenhagen and online.

Ellen Seligman, Institute teacher

Ellen Hiranya Seligman is a Timani Institute Teacher based in Oslo. Her instrument is the bassoon, and she has given Timani lectures for professional institutions such as Barrat Due Music Institute and The Norwegian Defence Military Band. She has worked as a Dean for The Norwegian Academy of Opera, as a bassoonist in The Norwegian Opera Orchestra and as a freelance opera director. Her education in music is from NMH and in opera directing from Operahogskolan in Stockholm. Direct contact and session booking: system.easypractice.net/book/seligman

Vilde Alnæs, Institute teacher

Vilde is a violinist, composer, improvisor and Timani teacher, teaching in the Oslo area and online. She has been an Institute Timani teacher since 2020 and is particularly passionate about hypermobility.